The Manitous: Supernatural World of the Ojibway, the

by Basil Johnston

Book Overview

Manitous lived in human form among the Ojibway in the early days, after Kitchi-Manitou (the Great Mystery) created all things and Muzzu-Kummik-Quae (Mother Earth) revealed the natural order of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060927356
• ISBN13: 9780060927356
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

Basil Johnson is a master story teller and writer. The legends are all deeply meaningful. He really transmits the spirit of the Anishinaubae in a vivid way. I hope he writes down a lot more of these haunting legends and that his hopes for the recovery of the Anishinaubae language and cultural traditions come to full realization.

Excellent reading!

This book is written in such a way to document the historical value and so interestingly you don't even realize you are learing all along the way. I found the book accurate as to the stories as I remember the old people telling them.