The Lenâpé and Their Legends (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Ethnological study of the The Lenâpé Indians in Eastern PennsylvaniaBy Daniel G. Brinton
Length5h 49m
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The Lenâpé and Their Legends is a landmark nineteenth-century study of the Lenape, or Delaware, people, combining ethnology, linguistic analysis, oral tradition, and antiquarian inquiry. Its central feature is Brinton's presentation of the Walam Olum, a purported pictographic and poetic migration chronicle, alongside translations, commentary, and comparative reflections. Written in the dense, classificatory style of Victorian anthropology, the book stands at the intersection of folklore, philology, and early Americanist scholarship. Daniel G. Brinton, a physician, linguist, and pioneering American anthropologist, devoted much of his career to Indigenous languages, myths, and symbolic systems of the Americas. His training in medicine and philology, together with his interest in comparative mythology, shaped his effort to recover Native intellectual traditions from fragmentary colonial records. Though some of his assumptions reflect the limitations of his era, his work helped establish Indigenous oral literatures as serious objects of scholarly study. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Native American history, early anthropology, myth studies, and the development of American ethnology. It should be read critically, especially in light of later debates over the Walam Olum, but it remains an important document in the history of scholarship on Lenape tradition.
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GenrePsychology
Length5 hrs 49 mins
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Publish dateMay 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
39§ 1. Literature of the Lenape Tongue.
2Introduction
40§ 2. General Remarks on the Lenape.
3Synopsis
41§ 3. Dialects of the Lenape.
4Historical Context
42§ 4. Special Structure of the Lenape.
5PREFACE.
43CHAPTER V.
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6THE LENAPE AND THEIR LEGENDS.
44§ 1. The Lenape as "Women".
7CHAPTER I.
45§ 2. Historic Migrations of the Lenape.
8§ 1. The Algonkin Stock.
46§ 3. Missionary Efforts in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
9§ 2. The Iroquois Stock.
47CHAPTER VI.
10CHAPTER II.
48Cosmogonical and Culture Myths.
11The Confederated Tribes.
49National Traditions.
12The Mohegans.
50CHAPTER VII.
13The Nanticokes.
51Rafinesque and his Writings.
14The Conoys.
52History of the Walam Olum.
15The Shawnees.
53Discovery of the Walam Olum.
16The Sapoonees.
54Was it a Forgery?
17The Assiwikales.
55Phonetic System.
18CHAPTER III
56Metrical Form.
19Derivation of Lenni Lenape.
57Pictographic System
20The Lenape Sub-Tribes.
58Derivation of Walam Olum.
21The Totemic Animals.
59The MS. of the Walam Olum.
22The New Jersey Lenape.
60General Synopsis of the Walam Olum.
23Political Constitution.
61Synopsis of the separate parts.
24Agriculture and Food Resources.
62THE WALUM OLUM
25House Building.
63I.
26Manufactures.
64II.
27Paints and Dyes.
65III.
28Dogs.
66IV.
29Interments.
67APPENDIX.
30Computation of Time.
68AGOZHAGÀUTA. (page 14. Note.)
31Pictographic Signs.
69DIALECT OF THE NEW JERSEY LENAPE. (p. 46)
32Record Sticks.
70REV. ADAM GRUBE. (p. 84.)
33Moral and Mental Character.
71EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE ALGONKINS. (pp. 12 and 145.)
34Religious Beliefs.
72FOOTNOTES:
35Doctrine of the Soul.
73Analysis
36The Native Priests.
74Reflection
37Religious Ceremonies.
75Memorable Quotes
38CHAPTER IV.
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