Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ419412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-3219
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Rainwitch Ritual in Cather, Lawrence, and Momaday, and Others.
Duryea, Polly
Journal of Ethnic Studies, v18 n2 p59-75 Sum 1990
Describes the treatment by several novelists and ethnographers of the rainwitch myth of southwest native culture, which concerns a woman who has magical powers to bring about rainfall. Discusses the influence of classical mythology on its development in modern times. (DM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Studies, Ethnography, Females, Fiction, Legends, Mythology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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