Tsimshian Texts (Nass River Dialect)
46 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tsimshian are a tribe of Native Americans residing on the coast of British Columbia. This was the first set of Tsimshian texts with English translations that Boas published. The companion book, Tsimshian Texts (New Series), published in 1912, is also available at sacred-texts.
Boas notes that these were 'only moderately well told'. In several cases, the narratives duplicate stories documented elsewhere in the Northwest region. However, these texts stand by themselves and make interesting reading. Boas' Tsimshian collection techniques have been criticized in recent years, but the extensive parallels with other bodies of folklore, both regionally and globally, leave no doubt that these stories are authentic.
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46 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Txä'msEm and Lôgôbolā' 05 Txä'msEm 06 Txä'msEm 07 The Stone and the Elderberry Bush 08 The Porcupine and the Beaver 09 The Wolves and the Deer 10 The Stars 11 Rotten-feathers 12 K*?ēLku 13 The Sealion Hunters 14 Smoke-hole 15 Ts?ak* 16 Growing-Up-Like-One-Who-Has-A-Grandmother 17 Little-eagle 18 She-Who-Has-A-Labret-On-One-Side 19 The Grizzly Bear 20 Squirrel 21 Witchcraft 22 The Origin of the G*ispawaduwE'da 23 Asi-hwî'l 24 The Grouses 25 TsEgu'ksku
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Tsimshian Texts (Nass River Dialect)
46 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tsimshian are a tribe of Native Americans residing on the coast of British Columbia. This was the first set of Tsimshian texts with English translations that Boas published. The companion book, Tsimshian Texts (New Series), published in 1912, is also available at sacred-texts.
Boas notes that these were 'only moderately well told'. In several cases, the narratives duplicate stories documented elsewhere in the Northwest region. However, these texts stand by themselves and make interesting reading. Boas' Tsimshian collection techniques have been criticized in recent years, but the extensive parallels with other bodies of folklore, both regionally and globally, leave no doubt that these stories are authentic.
Table of contents
46 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Txä'msEm and Lôgôbolā' 05 Txä'msEm 06 Txä'msEm 07 The Stone and the Elderberry Bush 08 The Porcupine and the Beaver 09 The Wolves and the Deer 10 The Stars 11 Rotten-feathers 12 K*?ēLku 13 The Sealion Hunters 14 Smoke-hole 15 Ts?ak* 16 Growing-Up-Like-One-Who-Has-A-Grandmother 17 Little-eagle 18 She-Who-Has-A-Labret-On-One-Side 19 The Grizzly Bear 20 Squirrel 21 Witchcraft 22 The Origin of the G*ispawaduwE'da 23 Asi-hwî'l 24 The Grouses 25 TsEgu'ksku
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Tsimshian Texts (Nass River Dialect)
46 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Tsimshian are a tribe of Native Americans residing on the coast of British Columbia. This was the first set of Tsimshian texts with English translations that Boas published. The companion book, Tsimshian Texts (New Series), published in 1912, is also available at sacred-texts.
Boas notes that these were 'only moderately well told'. In several cases, the narratives duplicate stories documented elsewhere in the Northwest region. However, these texts stand by themselves and make interesting reading. Boas' Tsimshian collection techniques have been criticized in recent years, but the extensive parallels with other bodies of folklore, both regionally and globally, leave no doubt that these stories are authentic.
Table of contents
46 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Txä'msEm and Lôgôbolā' 05 Txä'msEm 06 Txä'msEm 07 The Stone and the Elderberry Bush 08 The Porcupine and the Beaver 09 The Wolves and the Deer 10 The Stars 11 Rotten-feathers 12 K*?ēLku 13 The Sealion Hunters 14 Smoke-hole 15 Ts?ak* 16 Growing-Up-Like-One-Who-Has-A-Grandmother 17 Little-eagle 18 She-Who-Has-A-Labret-On-One-Side 19 The Grizzly Bear 20 Squirrel 21 Witchcraft 22 The Origin of the G*ispawaduwE'da 23 Asi-hwî'l 24 The Grouses 25 TsEgu'ksku
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