Louis Bird, Susan Elaine Gray

Spirit Lives in the Mind (eBook, PDF)

Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cree spiritual beliefs revolve around the sacred places and rich landscape of the Hudson Bay lowlands. The beautiful narratives in The Spirit Lives in the Mind illuminate the meaning and value of spiritual maturity and power, the parallels between Omushkego morality and Roman Catholic teachings, and the importance of maintaining the traditional stories. Bird also offers explanations of shamanism and demonstrates how Catholicism affected Cree tradition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780773576926
• Artikelnr.: 52989677

Autorenporträt

Louis Bird is an Omushkego storyteller and scholar and the author of Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay. A member of Winisk First Nation, he lives in Peawanuck, near the shore of Hudson Bay. Susan Elaine Gray is resear