Monsters of Contact: Historical Trauma in Caddoan Oral Traditions

by Mark van de Logt and Van de Logt

Book Overview

A murderous whirlwind, an evil child-abducting witch-woman, a masked cannibal, terrifying scalped men, a mysterious man-slaying flint creature: the oral tradition of the Caddoan Indians is alive with monsters. Whereas Western historical methods and interpretations relegate such beings to the realms of myth and fantasy, Mark van de Logt argues in Monsters of Contact that creatures found in the stories of the Caddos, Wichitas, Pawnees, and Arikaras...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806167505
• ISBN13: 9780806167503
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"