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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was o.k. The author wove together tales that were depicting the creation of the world and evolution. It was written in very simple language. ( ) Delightful story for reading aloud, as the family travels "tras, tras, tras" over hills and across rivers, camping along the way, to visit Antelopes sister. We learn about the food, the clothing they make, the customs of the California tribe as they journey. And of course Fox Boy has a tantrum almost every day. The animals are people, here, and that is as it should be. no reviews | add a review
Hailed by Ezra Pound as the "American Ovid" and renowned as a linguist and a self-described "amateur anthropologist," Jaime de Angulo drew on his forty years among the Pit River tribe of California to create the amalgam of fiction, folklore, tall tales, jokes, ceremonial ritual, and adventure that is Indian Tales. He first wrote these stories to entertain his children, borrowing freely from the worlds of the Pit, and also of the Miwok, Pomo, and Karok. Here are the adventures of Father Bear,Mother Antelope, the little boy Fox, and, of course, Old Man Coyote in a time when people and animals weren't so very far apart. The author's intent was not so much to rer anthropologically faithful translations-though they are here-as to create a magical world fueled by the power of storytelling while avoiding the dangers for the romantic and picturesque. True to the playful and imaginative spirit he portrays, de Angulo mischievously recommends to readers: "When you find yourself searching forsome mechanical explanation, if you don't know the answer, invent one. When you pick out some inconsistency or marvelous improbability, satisfy your curiosity like the old Indian folk: 'Well, that's the way they tell that story. I didn't make it up!'" No library descriptions found. |
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