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  • The Walam Olum: Excerpt from The Lenâpé and Their Legends

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    This controversial work is purportedly a translation of a sequence of pictographs which give the epic of the Delawares, a tribe which lived in the central Eastern seaboard. Taken at face value, this would be one of the few actual written texts from Native North America, including a clear account of an eastward migration over the 'stone-hard water'. The source of the document, as well as aspects of ... Read more

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  • American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent is a scholarly work by Daniel G. Brinton, published in 1882. This book explores the rich tapestry of myths and religious beliefs among the Indigenous peoples of North America, focusing on the hero figures that populate their folklore. Brinton aims to analyze and interpret these myths within the broader context of Native ... Read more

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  • The Myths of the New World

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    The Myths of the New World by Daniel G. Brinton, first published in 1868, is a foundational work that explores the mythology and spiritual beliefs of Indigenous cultures in the Americas. Brinton’s book examines Native American cosmology, creation stories, and the symbolic interpretations of natural elements like the sun, moon, and stars within various tribes’ mythological frameworks. He approaches ... Read more

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  • Religions of Primitive Peoples

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    The youngest in the sisterhood of the sciences is that which deals with Man. In its widest scope it is called Anthropology, and as such includes both the physical and mental life of the species, from the beginning until now. That branch of it which especially concerns itself with the development of man as indicated by his advance in civilisation, is known as Ethnology. When we analyse the ... Read more

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  • The Myths of the New World

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    It is a study of an obscure portion of the intellectual history of our species as exemplified in one of its varieties. What are man’s earliest ideas of a soul and a God, and of his own origin and destiny? Why do we find certain myths, such as of a creation, a flood, an after-world; certain symbols, as the bird, the serpent, the cross; certain numbers, as the three, the four, the seven—intimately ... Read more

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  • The Lenâpé and Their Legends

    Ethnological study of the The Lenâpé Indians in Eastern Pennsylvania

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    This book presents a series of ethnological studies of the Indians of Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, around what is asserted to be one of the most curious records of ancient American history. (Daniel G. Brinton, The Lenâpé and Their Legends) ... Read more

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  • Nagualism: Aztecs Folklore and Magic

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    The words, a nagual, nagualism, a nagualist, have been current in English prose for more than seventy years; they are found during that time in a variety of books published in England and the United States, yet are not to be discovered in any dictionary of the English language; nor has Nagualism a place in any of the numerous encyclopaedias or "Conversation Lexicons," in English, French, German or ... Read more

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  • The Basis of Social Relations: A Study in Ethnic Psychology

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    It is strange that not in any language has there been published a systematic treatise on Ethnic Psychology; strange, because the theme is in nowise a new one but has been the subject of many papers and discussions for a generation; indeed, had a journal dedicated to its service for a score of years; strange, also, because its students claim that it is the key to ethnology, the sure interpreter of ... Read more

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  • The Maya Chronicles (1882)

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    First published in 1882. According to the Preface: "The belief that the only solid foundation for the accurate study of American ethnology and linguistics must be in the productions of the native mind in their original form has led me to the venturesome undertaking of which this is the first issue. The object of the proposed series of publications is to preserve permanently a number of rude ... Read more

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  • Races and Peoples: Lectures on the Science of Ethnography

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    "Races and Peoples: Lectures on the Science of Ethnography" by Daniel G. Brinton explores the complexities of human diversity through the lens of ethnography. Brinton, a prominent figure in anthropology, delves into the characteristics, cultures, and histories of various races and peoples. His lectures emphasize the importance of understanding human societies in their unique contexts, advocating ... Read more

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  • The Books of Chilan Balam: The Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yucatan

    by Daniel G. Brinton ...
    The Books of Chilan Balam is a collection of ancient Maya texts, written in the Yucatec Maya language, that serve as a crucial historical source for understanding Maya culture, prophecy, and history. Compiled in various towns across the Yucatán Peninsula, these texts encompass a wide range of topics, including mythology, prophecy, medicine, and history. They reflect the fusion of pre-Columbian and ... Read more

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  • The Indigenous Peoples of America: 4 Classic Books

    The Vanishing Race: The Last Great Indian Council, Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights: Being the Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona, etc.

    by Joseph K. Dixon, Charles A. Curtis, Comalk-Hawk-Kih, J. Wm. Lloyd, Daniel G. Brinton ...
    The anthology 'The Indigenous Peoples of America: 4 Classic Books' comprises a profound exploration of native cultures, histories, and perspectives through a compendium of varied literary styles. Across these four seminal texts, the collection weaves an intricate tapestry of narratives that illuminate the life and times of Indigenous peoples in America. It spans genres from historical recountings ... Read more

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