| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Style, and sources, and methods -- oh, my! -- "Grandfather God" and the missionaries : "totally good for nothing" -- The twinned cosmos of serpents and thunderbirds -- Sweats of the living and the dead -- Visions and dreams -- Giants and dwarfs -- Afterlife, resuscitation, and reincarnation -- The harmony way |
| Summary |
Looking to undo centuries' worth of Western misrepresentations, both willful and inadvertent, 'Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath' reinstates the Twinned Cosmos of Native North America by exploring the indigenous philosophy of blood and breath (or water and air). Looking first at the damage wrought by the governmental and missionary quest to dismantle not only Indian spiritualities, but even the memory of them, the text moves to examine the Sacred Twinship through its primary tropes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 11, 2015) |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Indian philosophy -- North America.
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Indian cosmology.
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Indian cosmology
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Indian philosophy
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Indians of North America -- Religion
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199997206 |
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0199997209 |
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9780190456481 |
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0190456485 |
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