Dzelarhons: Myths of the Northwest Coast [B0423]

1986 PB in nice, clean condition. Myths, legends and short stories. Magic. The world is full of magic. It's everywhere ... "When I was eight or nine - or maybe ten or eleven - I don't remember for sure now, Klopinum would share her stories with me." And thus it begins, the long-awaited successor to Anne Cameron's ground-breaking Daughters of Copper Woman. Magic in many incarnations - mischievous, terrifying, benevolent, erotic-suffuses the pages of this extraordinary collection, from the humorous tales of the trickster Raven through the feminist fable of the bearded woman to the myth of the lazy boy who was reared by whales and saved the world, climaxing with the epic story of the mythical superwoman Dzelarhons - First Mother, Frog Mother, Weeping Woman, guardian and teacher of her people.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Anne Cameron is a national treasure. She has preserved and presented some amazing and moving tales from the First People, the People of the Salish Sea and surrounding areas. This collection of short stories allows for some adult reading and several stories that can be shared with children. Blessed to have found this work by Anne Cameron."; "Well written Native American tales. Despite the subtitle, this is not a typical folklorist collection of myths. Cameron modifies these stories and imbues them with her literary style and philosophy of life. She ably merges contemporary themes with the traditional tales of the Pacific coastal Indian of Canada - which is another refreshing aspect of this book, as most published Native American myths and legends focus on Plains and Southwest nations. The result of Cameron's masterful storytelling is a set of alluring, eerie and sometimes humorous stories."; "This goes into my wide collection of tales from indigenous folks."