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All students of the past bump into what seem to be impenetrable walls and are left looking longingly beyond the barrier for the lore that seems hopelessly lost. This book is an argument that all that information is not necessarily lost. It may just need a different approach–perhaps multidisciplinary, perhaps a new method, or maybe just with a new hypothesis for testing. Vanished societies have left behind masses of raw data, but it is up to us to discover new ways to look through these windows into the past. Especially in light of the growing relationship—and tensions—between cultural traditions and scientific inquiry, Lankford’s breadth of knowledge, long-term engagement with the issues, and excellent writing style bring clarity to this issue. It is not an easy process, but it is engaging. Any puzzle-solver will find this sort of historical detective work worth the effort.
- Sales Rank: #567325 in Books
- Brand: Brand: University Alabama Press
- Published on: 2008-05-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .70" w x 6.13" l, .96 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 245 pages
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“Looking for Lost Lore is an excellent contribution by a nationally respected scholar and a fine collection outlining the place of folklore within the fields of ethnohistory, archaeology, anthropology; well written, generally accessible in style and language, and clearly presenting data, arguments, and conclusions."—John E. Worth, Randell Research Center
About the Author
George E. Lankford is Professor Emeritus, Endowed Professor and Chair of Social Sciences, Lyon College a nationally recognized scholar in folklore, anthropology, religious studies, and ethnohistory and author of Reachable Stars: Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America.
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Must-Have for Native American Folklore Scholars
By Lance M. Foster
Focused mainly in the Central and Southeastern U.S. states, this important folklore study by noted scholar George E. Lankford is a must have for those who study Native American culture and myth. Here are the chapters and the topics of each.
"Losing the Lore": Looks at how cultural knowledge is destroyed and lost, and how cultural knowledge was uneven in the first place, between what the average person knew versus the specialist in each culture. Examples from Shawnee, Cherokee, and Muscogee. It is really the death, through epidemics, war, etc., of the specialist who carried the knowledge that resulted in the death/loss of the lore.
"A Maze of Maize Myths": The variety and complexity of traditions explaining the origin of corn, including the Southwest and Eastern U.S. Dispels some stereotypes many hold about there being one "Corn Maiden;" some cultures held corn was male or a gift from animals. It is not a matter of a corn goddess, but the "agricultural motif of death-and-rebirth" (p. 69).
"Red and White": The dualistic view of red (war) and white (peace) divisions in southeastern Native American cultures is widely held, and as the author states, "this chapter has as its goal a clarification of the basic symbolic concept of red and white" (p. 73)...both are actually aspects of the same thing: "The point is not to be red or white, but to be red and white" (p. 96).
"Saying Hello in La Florida": A look at the greeting and relationship-making process using native protocol and how early European explorers either failed or succeeded in this process. The example used is the meeting of the Timucua and the French in 1562. Some really interesting analysis of each step in the protocol (building an arbor, steps in approaching the settlements, etc.) is given here.
"Saying Hello in the Mississippi Valley": A continuation of the theme of the previous chapter, this chapter looks at the lessons the French learned from previous mistakes, and the new and different protocols of greeting/relationship-making protocols inland in the Mississippi Valley, with a look at the calumet ceremony (or Pipe Dance), the carrying and adoption of the guests, etc.
" 'Reysed After There Manner' ": More on the greeting and status protocols, with a focus on the elevation of those of high rank (or visitors with potential to hold such rank) on litters, skins, or the shoulders, and how this relates to the platform mounds of the Mississippians.
"Riders in the Sky": Symbolism of images on shell gorgets found in burial mounds, some observed distribution and motif patterns, including the Thunder and the Twins, and what might be fruitful directions for further research in relationships among the various polities in the southeast. Could be of much interest to archaeologists working in this area.
"Heads and Tales": From art, the author turns to myth types and motifs (see Thompson and Wycoco) in myths of the area, specifically the Gambler myths that are found among such different nations as the Navajo, Winnebago, Cherokee, Iroquois, Shawnee, and others. The author also links this myth to the head pots found in some Mississippian burials.
"A Hero's Life:" A useful overview of the main hero types in Native American mythologies, from the Pacific to the southeast, across the southwest and the plains and woodlands. There are Twins and there are Single Heros, the latter including several named: Mudjikiwis, Blood-clot Boy, Manabozho, Glooscap, Transformer, and others. The bulk of the chapter compares and groups many examples of individual stories by the motifs and types as given by Thompson and Wycoco, and tweaked and applied by Lankford (the author). It is a good introduction to how such numbered type indexes are used in folklore studies.
This collection will be of interest to folklorists, religious studies scholars, archaeologists, and of course those whose work involves Native American arts, traditions and mythologies. As I am working on learning what I can about the Ioway stories and traditions, and how they relate to other tribes, I found it of great worth for my own studies.
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