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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is a Native American interpretation of creation. The main character in the book is a wise coyote, who wears a red belt. Coyote was the architect of the world as we know it today. He told the other animals what was going to be and instructed them on how to create it. He was also the creator of humans, who he planted in the ground. The story uses a variety of native animals of California and gives each one of them a significant part to play in the creation of the world. Traditionally Native American beliefs have been animistic in scope; therefore, they thought all animals, plants, rocks, and humans contained souls. Do to this fact everything must be respected and given honor. Librarians could use this book to show cultural differences relating to nature and creation. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A tale shared by the different native peoples of California tells how Coyote and other animals created the world and the people who came to live in it. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The People With Five Fingers: A Native Californian Creation Tale is the third book I have read that was written by John Bierhorst and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, following upon their The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: The Iroquois Story of Creation and The Monkey's Haircut, and Other Stories Told by the Maya. I found the story itself fascinating—how interesting, that it is animals who are the creators, rather than some creator spirit, which brings both animals and people into being—and the accompanying watercolor artwork lovely. That being said, I was disappointed not to see more information about the specific sources, whether textual or cultural, for this story. No specifics are given in the very brief note at the beginning of the book, regarding which California tribe(s) this tale came from, nor how Bierhorst first encountered it. Given that he has edited many collections of Native American folklore where the cultural origin of the stories is specified, I find this omission odd, and most dissatisfying. Leaving that aside, this is one I would recommend to those who enjoy mythology and folktales, particularly creation stories. ( )