High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Red Horn is a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions, specifically of the Ioway and Hocak (Winnebago) nations. Only in Hocak literature is he known as "Red Horn" (Hesucka), but among the Ioway and Hocagara both, he is known by one of his variant names, "He Who Wears (Man) Faces on His Ears". This name derives from the living faces on his earlobes (Hocak), or earbobs that come to life when he places them on his ears (Ioway). Elsewhere, he is given yet another name, "Red Man" (Waksucka), on account of the fact that his entire body is red from head to toe. Red Horn was one of the five sons of Earthmaker whom the Creator fashioned with his own hands and sent to earth to rescue mankind. During his sojourn on earth, he contested both giants and water spirits, and led warparties against the bad spirits who plagued mankind. As Wears Faces on His Ears, he is also said to be a star, although its identity is a subject of controversy. Under the names...

В наличии:
	Books.Ru - 1128 руб.	Перейти
Под заказ:
	OZON.ru - 1125 руб.	Перейти

Рейтинг книги: 4 из 5, 1 голос(-ов).