 | 1907 - 440 pages
...creator but in part thwarts him, being responsible for the death of mankind and other imperfections in the world-scheme. In the northern half of the Central...always to be animals with the dignified and wise eagle as the chief. The myths of the Central region not directly concerned with creation are mostly stories... | |
 | Alfred Louis Kroeber - 1907 - 440 pages
...creator but in part thwarts him, being responsible for the death of mankind and other imperfections in the world-scheme. In the northern half of the Central...always to be animals with the dignified and wise eagle as the chief. The myths of the Central region not directly concerned with creation are mostly stories... | |
 | Walter Lehmannn - 1922 - 716 pages
...creator but in part thwarts him, being responsible for the death of mankind and other imperfections in the worldscheme. In the northern half of the Central...creator is generally anthropomorphic ; if not, he is inerged into one personage with the more or less tricky Coyote. In the southern half of the region... | |
 | Walter Lehmannn - 1922 - 714 pages
...creator but in part thwarts him, being responsible for the death of mankind and other imperfections in the worldscheme. In the northern half of the Central region the creator is generalk anthropomorphic; if not, he is merged into one personage with the more or less tricky Coyote.... | |
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... not connected with him. Often there is an antithesis between this beneficent and truly divine creator and a second character, usually the Coyote, who in part cooperates with the creator but in part thwarts him, being responsible for the death of mankind... 