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American hero-myths

a study in the native religions of the western continent

by Daniel Garrison Brinton

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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The time was, and that not so very long ago, when it was contended by some that there are tribes of men without any sort of religion; nowadays the effort is to show that the feeling which prompts to it is common, even among brutes.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Mythology”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· in subject
    • “Mythology”· in subject

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a study in the native religions of the western continent

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1882H.C. WattsEnglish
  • 9780524006979
  • 0524006970
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  • Open Library reports 15 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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