| Author | : Franz Boas |
| File Size | : 46,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : New York : Johnson Reprint Corporation |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 May 1970 |
| ISBN | : UOM:49015000031048 |
| Pages | : 1032 pages |
Tsimshian Mythology by Franz Boas Book PDF Summary
The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of North America, living along the Pacific Northwest Coast, from Alaska to British Columbia. They have a society based on clans (Eagle, Killer Whale, Raven, and Wolf) and following the mother's line of descent. "Tsimshian religion centered on the "Lord of Heaven," who aided people in times of need by sending supernatural servants to earth to aid them. The Tsimshian believed that charity and purification of the body (either by cleanliness or fasting) was the route to the afterlife."--Wikipedia.
