The woman who married the bear : the spirituality of the ancient foremothers

The woman who married the bear : the spirituality of the ancient foremothers / Barbara Alice Mann and Kaarina Kailo.

Stories of the primordial woman who married a bear appear across the global North from Indigenous North America and Scandinavia to Russia and Korea. In 'The Woman Who Married the Bear', authors Barbara Alice Mann, a scholar of Indigenous American culture, and Kaarina Kailo, who specializes...

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Main Authors: Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947- (Author), Kailo, Kaarina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Bears > Folklore.
Human-animal relationships > Folklore.
Spirituality.
Bears
Human-animal relationships
Spirituality
Myth & legend told as fiction.
Customs and Folklore.
Folklore
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Stories of the primordial woman who married a bear appear across the global North from Indigenous North America and Scandinavia to Russia and Korea. In 'The Woman Who Married the Bear', authors Barbara Alice Mann, a scholar of Indigenous American culture, and Kaarina Kailo, who specializes in the cultures of Northern Europe, join forces to examine the Bear-Husband stories on their respective continents, their common elements, and their meanings in the context of matriarchal culture.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197655450
0197655459
9780197655436
0197655432
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 18, 2023).

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