‘Coyote Was Going There …’: The Role of Humor in Sacred Narrative and Performance

Many American Indian stories are tales of bawdy and risqué humor, as well as of great sacred gravity. That these two qualities, comic and sacred, are not considered mutually exclusive in American Indian traditional narratives has been suggested elsewhere (e.g. Andrews 2000; Aswell 2005; Bricker 1973...

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Main Author: Kelley, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2013
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 15-24
Further subjects:B Sacred Humor
B Mythology
B Indigenous Traditions
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