Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places /
Nabokov, Peter.
Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places / Peter Nabokov. - New York : Viking, 2006. - xvii, 350 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and index.
East -- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.
0670034320
2005042227
Geographical perception--United States.
Indian mythology--North America.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Sacred space--United States.
E98.R3 / N33 2006
299.7/135
Where the lightning strikes : the lives of American Indian sacred places / Peter Nabokov. - New York : Viking, 2006. - xvii, 350 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-335) and index.
East -- Worlds in an Island-Penobscot -- Naming the spirits-Ojibwa -- Hills of hidden meaning-Choctaw -- Between river and fire-Cherokee -- South -- A tale of three lakes-Taos/Zuni -- Place as personal-Navajo/Apache -- Christ in the flower world-Yaqui -- Draining the sacred places-Hopi -- North -- A geology of power-Plateau -- Priestly skies, shamanic earth-Pawnee -- Journeys to promised lands-Hidatsa/Crow -- The heart of everything-Lakota/Cheyenne/Kiowa -- West -- Singing the origins-Colorado River -- Beyond the Goddess-Southern California -- Where mountains congregate-Central California -- Mourning and renewal-Northern California.
0670034320
2005042227
Geographical perception--United States.
Indian mythology--North America.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Sacred space--United States.
E98.R3 / N33 2006
299.7/135