Timeline
Lifetime:
1837 -
1899
Passed: ≈
125 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Books by Daniel Garrison Brinton
American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
History
Mythology
Non-Fiction
Religion
Religion
Mythology
Native Americans
Folklore
Native American Culture
Native American mythology
American folklore
Hero-Myths
Comparative Mythology
This book is a study of the hero-myths of the Native American cultures of the Western Continent. It is an early attempt to distinguish between myth and reality in the Native American hero lore and one of the first in-depth studies of Native American...