{"product_id":"seneca-indian-myths-by-jeremiah-curtin-original-version-paperback","title":"Seneca Indian Myths.By: Jeremiah Curtin (Original Version) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1883 a Smithsonian Institution ethnologist traveled to western New York State to record the traditional tales of the Iroquois tribe known as the Seneca. These myths - picturesque, archaic, even grotesque - appear here in their original form, exactly as spoken. Many focus on seasons or weather; others creation myths and animals.Jeremiah Curtin (6 September 1835 - 14 December 1906) was an American translator and folklorist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Curtin spent his early life in what is now, Greendale, Wisconsin[4] and later graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked for the U.S. legation and as a translator. He left Russia in 1877, stayed a year in London, and returned to the United States, where he worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68308173193439,"sku":"9781539936725","price":23.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Z-ppgOCMT89781539936725.webp?v=1793040663","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/seneca-indian-myths-by-jeremiah-curtin-original-version-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}