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Indian Old-Man Stories: More Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire (The Authorized Edition)

By Frank B. Linderman, Celeste River (Introduction)
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By Frank B. Linderman, Celeste River (Introduction)
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The Indians of the northwestern plains always laughed at the tales about Old-man, heard around the lodge fire in the wintertime after sunset. For a powerful character, he was comically flawed. Old-man made the world but sometimes forgot the names of things. Victim and victimizer, he seemed closer to common experience than the awesome god Manitou. Frank B. Linderman thought Old-man was, under different names, a god for many Indian communities.

These stories-collected from Chippewa and Cree ...

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LiteratureSocial SciencesFolklore & MythologyNative American StudiesNative American Folklore & MythologyNative North American PeopleNative North American Peoples - Folklore