Giving Voice to Bear: North American Indian Myths, Rituals, and Images of the BearIn this new edition of a classic, David Rockwell describes the captivating and awe-inspiring presence of the bear in Native American rituals. The bear played a central role in shamanic rights, initiation, healing and hunting ceremonies, and new year celebrations. Considered together, these traditions are another way of looking at the world, one in which the mysteries of the universe are revealed through animals. |
Contents
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| 9 | |
Grandfather I am Sorry I must Kill you | 25 |
It May Change into Anything | 47 |
A Bear will Devour your Flesh | 63 |
Digging for Medicine | 75 |
Ah Bear We are the Same Person | 91 |
Giving Voice to Bear | 113 |
Moving Like a Bear | 147 |
I Know where the Bear is Living | 163 |
HoneyPaws in the Old World | 179 |
Beneath is a Bear | 195 |
Epilogue | 203 |
Notes | 207 |
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