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- Title
COMPARING STORIES: EMBRACING THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
- Authors
Beck, B. Diane; Spielmann, Roger
- Abstract
This paper examines two oral traditions: the Anishnaabe and the Irish Celtic, and the roles that their languages and stories play in their respective spiritual traditions. In order to appreciate these spiritual traditions, one needs to see that mythos is more basic than logos. Mythos may be seen as a more effective medium for interpreting and experiencing spirituality encoded in what is commonly referred to as the "oral tradition." What we intend to demonstrate in this paper is that the sacred is inherent in the stories themselves. The stories today, having been transformed into literature, continue to act as a conveyor of the sacredness within language and within the story itself. Literacy merely makes accessible the oral stories for Indigenous peoples whose languages have been decimated.
- Subjects
ORAL tradition; ALGONQUIN mythology; CELTIC civilization; THEMES in literature; TRADITIONAL knowledge
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 2006, Vol 26, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
0715-3244
- Publication type
Article