by Lewis Spence · Senate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781859580158
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«North American Indians» is Lewis Spence's study of myths and legends, published by Senate in paperback (392 pages, in English).
The book brings together myths and legends of the native peoples of North America and explains their role in a culture based on the human relationship with nature and on totemic beliefs that grant animals souls and supernatural powers. For these peoples, these stories were more than mere entertainment.
Reissue in the Myths & Legends series of the study originally published as Myths of the North American Indians. Includes bibliography, glossary, illustrations and index.
Reference work for readers interested in mythology, folklore, history and culture of the native peoples of North America.
James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar. Spence was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and vice-president of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. He founded the Scottish National Movement.
