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Hugh A. Dempsey

Napi

The Trickster

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An enthralling collection of traditional Blackfoot stories revealing the frailty of mankind and the enduring power of narrative.Napi, the Old Man of the Blackfoot Nation, appears prominently in mythology, sometimes as a quasi-Creator, sometimes a fool, and sometimes a brutal murderer. Although Napi is given credit for creating many of the objects and creatures on Earth, and indeed the Earth itself, the Blackfoot do not consider him to be god-like. Napi stories tell of this mythical figure creating the world and everything in it, but getting into trouble when he starts tinkering with his own creation. Perhaps for this reason, anthropologists h… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Dempsey, Pauline Gladstone (Vorb.) / Koski, Alyssa (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-77203-218-5
  • EAN: 9781772032185
  • Produktnummer: 32978623
  • Verlag: Touchwood Editions
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 168 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'142 KB

Über den Autor


Hugh A. Dempsey is an author, historian, and researcher. He is the former associate director of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, and is currently its chief curator emeritus. He is also the editor of the quarterly Alberta History. Dempsey was made an honorary chief of the Kainai Blackfoot in 1967 and in 1975 was invested as a member of the Order of Canada. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Great Blackfoot Treaties, Maskepetoon, Firewater, and Crowfoot.

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