Monday, October 23, 2017

Reading Notes: Native American Hero Tales, Part B

The Native American Hero Tales Unit from Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson.

I wanted to yell at the father of the Thrown-Away boys to just stop telling them where not to go!

I liked the Jealous Father story the best in this selection. The family ties really didn't run very deep in this culture, did they? Or, if they did, they certainly liked to speak on times when a family wanted to kill each other.

A story based upon this reading could involve a semi-hero as these stories did. They were not perfect, however, they got the job done. He could be a hero of himself.


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Caption: I am the hero. White Cloud, Son.

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