Zuñi Folk Tales

About this eBook

Author

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900

Credits

E-text prepared by Larry B. Harrison, Sam W., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Zuni Indians -- Folklore

Category

Text

eBook-No.

54682

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54682

Release Date

May 8, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ZUÑI FOLK TALES
2. 2.LIST OF TALES
3. 3.LIST OF PLATES
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.THE TRIAL OF LOVERS: OR THE MAIDEN OF MÁTSAKI AND THE RED FEATHER — ( Told the First Night ) — ( Told the Second Night )
6. 6.THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE
7. 7.THE POOR TURKEY GIRL
8. 8.HOW THE SUMMER BIRDS CAME
9. 9.THE SERPENT OF THE SEA
10. 10.THE MAIDEN OF THE YELLOW ROCKS
11. 11.THE FOSTER-CHILD OF THE DEER
12. 12.THE BOY HUNTER WHO NEVER SACRIFICED TO THE DEER HE HAD SLAIN: OR THE ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF RATTLESNAKES
13. 13.HOW ÁHAIYÚTA AND MÁTSAILÉMA STOLE THE THUNDER-STONE AND THE LIGHTNING-SHAFT
14. 14.THE WARRIOR SUITOR OF MOKI
15. 15.HOW THE COYOTE JOINED THE DANCE OF THE BURROWING-OWLS
16. 16.THE COYOTE WHO KILLED THE DEMON SÍUIUKI: OR WHY COYOTES RUN THEIR NOSES INTO DEADFALLS
17. 17.HOW THE COYOTES TRIED TO STEAL THE CHILDREN OF THE SACRED DANCE
18. 18.THE COYOTE AND THE BEETLE
19. 19.HOW THE COYOTE DANCED WITH THE BLACKBIRDS
20. 20.HOW THE TURTLE OUT HUNTING DUPED THE COYOTE
21. 21.THE COYOTE AND THE LOCUST
22. 22.THE COYOTE AND THE RAVENS WHO RACED THEIR EYES
23. 23.THE PRAIRIE-DOGS AND THEIR PRIEST, THE BURROWING-OWL
24. 24.HOW THE GOPHER RACED WITH THE RUNNERS OF K’IÁKIME
25. 25.HOW THE RATTLESNAKES CAME TO BE WHAT THEY ARE
26. 26.HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED
27. 27.JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL
28. 28.THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES
29. 29.THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA
30. 30.THE REVENGE OF THE TWO BROTHERS ON THE HÁWIKUHKWE, OR THE TWO LITTLE ONES [16] AND THEIR TURKEYS (THE ORIGIN OF THE PRIESTS AND CHIEFS OF THE DANCE OF VICTORY)
31. 31.THE YOUNG SWIFT-RUNNER WHO WAS STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTHING BY THE AGED TARANTULA
32. 32.ÁTAHSAIA, THE CANNIBAL DEMON
33. 33.THE HERMIT MÍTSINA
34. 34.HOW THE TWINS OF WAR AND CHANCE, ÁHAIYÚTA AND MÁTSAILÉMA, FARED WITH THE UNBORN-MADE MEN OF THE UNDERWORLD [26] — Translator’s Introduction — Zuñi Introduction — The Tale
35. 35.THE COCK AND THE MOUSE — Italian Version — Zuñi Version
36. 36.THE GIANT CLOUD-SWALLOWER A TALE OF CAÑON DE CHELLY — Translator’s Introduction
37. 37.THE MAIDEN THE SUN MADE LOVE TO, AND HER BOYS OR, THE ORIGIN OF ANGER

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