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With a New Afterword
Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting...
Describes the background of the myths of the Indian cultures of the North American continent, some of which have the same themes as myths of other wor...
The growing economic and political influence of Native American tribes has brought religious issues, once little noted, increasingly to the fore. Time...
In this companion volume to History and Mythology of the Aztecs, John Bierhorst provides specialists with a transcription of the Nahuatl text, keyed t...
The new afterword focuses on the durability of Indian mythology and the abundant material increasingly available since the mid 80s. Bierhorst offers n...
Guide and Texts
The Lenape, or Delaware, are an Eastern Algonquian people who originally lived in what is now the greater New York and Philadelphia metropolitan regio...
With an Analytic Transcription and Grammatical Notes
A Stanford University Press classic....
The Codex Chimalpopoca
One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which i...
Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions
Over one hundred stories showcasing the wisdom and artistry of one the world’s richest folktale traditions—the first panoramic anthology of Hispan...
A Native American Aesop's Fables
Coyote is featured in each of these Aztec interpretations of Aesop fables....
A Natural History
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Music of the North Americans Indians
Native American Night Poems and Sleep Charms
Native Americans regard night as a time for healing. Nighttime calls for sleep magic. John Bierhorst has assembled this unique assortment of sleep cha...