Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz offer a collection of over 150 Native American tales in American Indian Myths and Legends. Within the tales are stories of animals, wars, life and death. Throughout the stories, the relationship between nature and the tribes is emphasized. A common theme within the stories is creation; creation of life, which […]
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“Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy”: Very Similar Tales
In Erdoes and Ortiz’s American Indian Myths and Legends, many of the tales seem to revolve around a few central themes. Each tale tells a story of its own, but two stories, “Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy,” oddly recount similar tales. In both “Blood Clot” and “Stone Boy,” two boys are born/created from a natural […]
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