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Page 98
We may recall that the culture hero/trickster Wisahketchak was always walking
when things happened to him (producing the present state of the world, and the
stories whereby Cree persons learn about the world). These sacred stories
provide ...
We may recall that the culture hero/trickster Wisahketchak was always walking
when things happened to him (producing the present state of the world, and the
stories whereby Cree persons learn about the world). These sacred stories
provide ...
Page 151
... which tends to name things rather than describing them as a process, as the
Algonquian languages do— displays a preference for thinking of things as one
thing OR another rather than as one thing AND another, which results in a
tendency ...
... which tends to name things rather than describing them as a process, as the
Algonquian languages do— displays a preference for thinking of things as one
thing OR another rather than as one thing AND another, which results in a
tendency ...
Page 152
Similarly, loons and whales are one thing and another— fellow persons and
fellow animals and fellow singers — and as ... In his discussion ofmetaphor,
Haskell (1987:263) asserts that whether two things are considered similar
depends on ...
Similarly, loons and whales are one thing and another— fellow persons and
fellow animals and fellow singers — and as ... In his discussion ofmetaphor,
Haskell (1987:263) asserts that whether two things are considered similar
depends on ...
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Contents
SYLVIE BERBAUM | 14 |
LAURA BUSZARDWELCHER | 34 |
MARY ANN CORBIERE | 71 |
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