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Keneally's Jimmie Blacksmith is actually only half aboriginal. His father was a nameless white man. Jimmie's mixed strain is both judgment and destiny. Mentally but not emotionally weaned from the chants and lore of a now decadent tribal heritage, he tries to make his way as a houseboy and laborer in the harsh, pinched world of white Protestants-the missionaries and farmers who are claiming the open land. From them Jimmie learns the snobbery of materialism, according to which "possession [is] a holy state...
...does Lore feel that she has to spend her evenings tutoring young Paul in English? And why did Paul first kill Lore's dog and then attack her and set her house on fire...
...countryside kept their rustic rites along with the new religion. ("Pagan" stems from the Latin paganus meaning "country dweller" and "heathen" from "dweller on the heath.") For centuries, magical arts and Christianity lived in uneasy coexistence, as they still do in Latin American countries. But then, out of ancient lore and the minds of medieval churchmen, came the Devil...
What the writer called "Indian lore" is actually Winnebago religion, many times older than this country. The eagle and its feathers are a significant part of that religion. Funmaker had a right to kill those two eagles...
...score 700 or better, you will be admitted automatically to the Fenway Diner's graduate program in Red Sox Folk Lore and Mythology. If you score better than 550, you will be sent application materials...