The authors of this reader-friendly book on Native American myths organize all of them into three broad categories-pantheons, cosmos, and heroes and heroines. Although they recognize the distinctions among various tribes, they argue that American Indians had a collective mythological tradition that also fits into a larger human tradition, including Greek and African mythology.
The myths are collected from the earliest sources available, such as early Anglo observers like George Catlin and Henry Rowe Underhill, famous anthropologists, and firsthand Native accounts.
