Format:
Book
Secondary title:
Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library; Variation: Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
Author(s):
Erdoes, Richard
Ortiz, Alfonso
Keyword(s):
Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- Folklore.
Indian mythology -- North America.
Indiens -- AmÈrique du Nord -- LÈgendes.
Indiens -- AmÈrique du Nord -- Religion et mythologie.
Indiens -- AmÈrique du Nord -- LÈgendes.
Indiens -- AmÈrique du Nord -- Mythologie.
Geschichte.
Legende.
Indianer.
USA.
Year:
1984
Pages:
xv, 527 p.
Publisher:
Pantheon Books
Publisher location:
New York
Accession number:
10799274
Label:
Box 6
Notes:
ill. ; 24 cm.
Rabbit boy kicked that blood clot around: tales of human creation -- The place of emergence: tales of world creation -- The eye of the great spirit: tales of the sun, moon, and stars -- Ordeals of the hero: monsters and monster slayers -- Counting coup: war and the warrior code -- The sound of flutes: tales of love and lust -- Coyote laughs and cries: trickster tales -- Four legs, two legs, and no legs: stories of animals and other people -- Something whistling in the night: ghosts and the spirit world -- Only the rocks and mountains last forever: visions of the end.
Series statement from jacket./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-525) and index.
selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: E98.F6; Dewey: 398.2/08997; NLC: E98 F6
ISBN:
ISBN: 0394507967; 9780394507965; 0394740181 (pbk.); 9780394740188 (pbk.); National Library: 930068696 LCCN: 84-42669
Edition:
1st
Abstract:
Indian (Native American) myths and legends of creation, sun, moon, stars, heroes, monsters, warriors, love, lust, Coyote the trickster, animals, ghosts, and the end of the world.