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Regional Folklore Collections
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Texts
Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes — Katharine Berry JudsonKatharine Berry Judson's complete regional collection of 102 Indigenous narratives and songs, with preface, footnotes, and twelve documentary illustrations.Tales of the North American Indians — Stith ThompsonStith Thompson's 1929 comparative anthology of ninety-six North American Indian tales, arranged by tale-type across nine chapters from mythological stories to tales borrowed from Europeans and the Bible, with the editor's preface and introduction to the tale-type method.The Myths of Mexico and Peru — Lewis SpenceLewis Spence's 1913 comparative survey of Aztec, Maya, and Inca mythology and civilisation, complete in seven chapters with footnotes and three of the print edition's maps.The Myths of the North American Indians — Lewis SpenceLewis Spence's complete comparative survey of North American Indigenous mythologies, with seven chapters, bibliography, pronunciation note, glossary, index, footnotes, and full-resolution illustrations.