God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Folklore in a New Poetic

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God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Folklore in a New Poetic Interpretation (Voices of Indigenous Peoples)

Traditional indigenous cultures in many parts of the world have displayed a profound appreciation of the relationship between human and ecosystem health, something global culture is trying to rediscover under the label of sustainability.

A spiritual resource for sustainable living, this poem records the creation story of the Sami, a nomadic people of Northern Europe, and then retells several Scandinavian folk-tales derived from their playfully animistic world view. Their deep kinship with the wild is shown in their awe for bears:

The bear is more like people are
Than any other thinking creature:
He stands up on two legs to strike,
With eyes that skewer like a spike,
And when we cut away his skin
He looks like a great bloody man.

Jabez L. Van Cleef takes foundational texts from many oral traditions and religions and creates a common poetic format to preserve, promote and disseminate the values of these cultures. Find out more at www.sustainyourspirit.com

Country	USA
Author	Jabez L. Van Cleef
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	First
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Spirit Song Text Publications
Manufacturer	Spirit Song Text Publications
NumberOfPages	142
PublicationDate	2008-06-04
Publisher	Spirit Song Text Publications
ReleaseDate	2008-06-04
Studio	Spirit Song Text Publications

God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Folklore in a New Poetic Interpretation (Voices of Indigenous Peoples)