All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens

All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens by C J Taylor (Hardback, 2011)

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    The stories vary in quality and also in potential use; while some present themselves as suitable for oral retellings, others seem better suited to read alone, especially in their formality of language that distances them from their fireside origins. A single full-page acrylic painting accompanies each tale; the rich compositions teem with the action of the stories, with each sporting a sky sprinkled full of stars set against deep blue.

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    Editorial Reviews. From Booklist. Drawing from several North American tribal traditions, Taylor offers seven memorable stories that explain the "skyworld. The heavens — the sun, the stars, and the moon — have inspired, intrigued, and mystified us from the beginning of time. We've always searched for ways to.

    While Taylor's afterword does provide some brief background on each tribe highlighted in the collection, no information on the sources of the tales is provided. If you would like to authenticate using a different subscribed institution that supports Shibboleth authentication or have your own login and password to Project MUSE, click 'Authenticate'. View freely available titles: Book titles OR Journal titles.

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    One of the stories about Pleiades tells of six wives who eat wild onions but are scorned by their husbands for the smell of their breath. Given the oral tradition of these tribes and the need to preserve the tales, this poetically rendered compilation is especially valuable. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Janise Dava marked it as to-read Dec 04, A Walk through the Heavens is a beautiful guide to the pathways in the night sky, and which answers these questions and more. Have you ever wondered where all these exotic-sounding star names came from?