American Indian myths and legends / selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.
Contributor(s): Erdoes, Richard | Ortiz, Alfonso.
Series: Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library: Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c1984Description: xv, 527 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780394740188 (pbk.); 0394740181 (pbk.).Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Folklore. -- Folklore | Indian mythology -- North AmericaDDC classification: 398.2097Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
Floor 4, Shelf 12 , Side 2, TierNo 6, BayNo 2 |
398.2097 AME 1984 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENLS,GENLS,03,GR | 5000111189 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-525) and index.
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.