wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Kokopelli: The Making of an Icon
ISBN: 9780803282957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Kokopelli the flute player is one of the most popular icons that American culture has adopted from the Native peoples of North America. The Kokopelli name and image are everywhere, adorning everything from jewelry, welcome mats, T-shirts, and money clips to motels, freeway underpasses, nature trails, nightclubs, and string quartets. Kokopelli evokes mystery and wonder, ancient ceremonies andspirituality, Mother Earth and the purity of nature.
But what exactly is Kokopelli? Just how Native American is this ubiquitous flute player? In this fascinating book, the distinguished scholar of Hopi... Kokopelli the flute player is one of the most popular icons that American culture has adopted from the Native peoples of North America. The Kokopelli ...
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124,92 zł |
Hopi Time
ISBN: 9789027933492 / Angielski / Twarda / 1983 / 699 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as... TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work ... |
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950,27 zł |
Hopi Coyote Tales: Istutuwutsi
ISBN: 9780803281233 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 343 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi transcriptions on facing pages and a bilingual glossary. Hopi Coyote Tales is important to an understanding of the Hopi language and folklore.
To nomadic hunters such as the Navajo, who competed with him on the open range, Coyote was by turns a formidable trickster, a demonic witchperson, and a god. As sedentary planters, the Hopis tended to reduce Coyote to the level of a laughable fool. In these tales Coyote is a friendly bumbler whose... This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi trans...
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124,92 zł |
Early Rock Art of the American West: The Geometric Enigma
ISBN: 9780295743615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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161,42 zł |
Hopi Stories of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Magic
ISBN: 9780803283183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The traditional Hopi world, as reflected in Hopi oral literature, is infused with magic-a seamless tapestry of everyday life and the supernatural. That magic and wonder are vividly depicted in this marvelous collection of authentic folktales. For the Hopis, the spoken or sung word can have a magical effect on others. Witchcraft-the wielding of magic for selfish purposes by a powaqa, or sorcerer-has long been a powerful, malevolent force. Sorcerers are said to have the ability to change into animals such as a crow, a coyote, a bat, or a skeleton fly, and hold their meetings in a two-tiered...
The traditional Hopi world, as reflected in Hopi oral literature, is infused with magic-a seamless tapestry of everyday life and the supernatural. Tha...
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124,92 zł |
Hopi Animal Stories
ISBN: 9780803282711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fascinating world of the Hopis is brought to light in this original and informative collection of thirty animal tales featuring Field Mouse, Coyote the Trickster, Cicada and his flute, Medicine Man Badger, the Chipmunk Girls and the Antelope Kids, and many other manifestations of serpents, insects, and birds. These ancient folk tales are traditionally told in midwinter, when the nights are long and cold and all the crops are in. Highly entertaining, the narratives reveal attitudes toward important aspects of Hopi culture, such as courtship and relations between the sexes, friendship,...
The fascinating world of the Hopis is brought to light in this original and informative collection of thirty animal tales featuring Field Mouse, Coyot...
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98,88 zł |
Hopi Tales of Destruction
ISBN: 9780803282834 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Hopi Tales of Destruction preserves seven powerful tales about ancient Hopi villages that now lie in ruins. These narratives shed considerable light on the Hopis' past, giving insight into cultural values and social motivations beyond the ability of archaeology. The tales concern such villages as Sikyatki, Hisatsongoopavi, and Awat'ovi, which were destroyed by war, fire, earthquake, or internal strife. Though abandoned for centuries, they live in memory, reminders of ancient tragedies and enmities that changed the Hopis forever. Related by storytellers from Second and Third Mesa, these tales...
Hopi Tales of Destruction preserves seven powerful tales about ancient Hopi villages that now lie in ruins. These narratives shed considerable light o...
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114,50 zł |