Heroes and Heroines - Beck, Mary Giraudo
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Over uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haida of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature as robust and distinctive as their unique graphic style, and passed it from the old to the young to insure the continuity of the culture. Even today when the people gather, now under lamplight rather than the flickering glow from the central pit, the ancient Myths and legends are told and retold, and they still reinforce the unity of the lineage, the clan and the culture. It's a long way from Southeast Alaska to classical Greece and Rome, but there are striking similarities between the heroes…mehr

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Over uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haida of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature as robust and distinctive as their unique graphic style, and passed it from the old to the young to insure the continuity of the culture. Even today when the people gather, now under lamplight rather than the flickering glow from the central pit, the ancient Myths and legends are told and retold, and they still reinforce the unity of the lineage, the clan and the culture. It's a long way from Southeast Alaska to classical Greece and Rome, but there are striking similarities between the heroes and the heroines of the two cultures. For this book, the author, Mary Beck, a student of both cultures, has selected nine of the ancient Tlingit-Haida legends and drawn parallels between their protagonists and those well known to the heirs of Greco-Roman culture.
Autorenporträt
Mary G. Beck is a classical scholar (M.A. from Stanford) who has lived in Ketchikan, Alaska beginning in 1951 when she married a third generation Alaskan. Besides rearing a family, she taught literature and writing courses for thirty years at Ketchikan Community College, a branch of the University of Alaska. Mary has an abiding interest in the Native culture of Southeast Alaska and a commitment to recording its oral literature. She is also the author of two other related titles, Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural and Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast, as well as articles on Native mythology and on travel by small boat to towns and Native communities in Southeast Alaska. She and her husband currently reside in Bellevue, Washington.