This collection of folktales, originally published in 1961, presents stories from a wide range of North American indigenous peoples. The stories are grouped into three categories: "The Way the World Is," "What Man Must Know and Learn," and "The Excitement of Living."
This collection of folktales, originally published in 1961, presents stories from a wide range of North American indigenous peoples. The stories are grouped into three categories: "The Way the World Is," "What Man Must Know and Learn," and "The Excitement of Living."Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tristram P. Coffin (1922-2012) was Professor of English and Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania.
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1. Preface 2. Remarks on Reading the Tales 3. The Tales 4. Part 1: The Way the World Is * 1. The Emergence (Hopi) * 2. The Earthdiver (Western Mono) * 3. Ouiot and Frog (San Luiseño) * 4. Theft of Fire (Southern Paiute) * 5. Theft of Light (Tahltan) * 6. How the Four Winds Were Created (Ojibwa) * 7. Coyote Arranges the Seasons of the Year (Shasta) * 8. The Origin of the Pleiades (Onondaga) * 9. The Girl Who Married a Dog (Cheyenne) * 10. The Deer and the Rainbow (Wyandot) * 11. The Frogs in the Moon (Lillooet) * 12. Afterbirth and Lodge Boy (Wichita) * 13. Loon-Woman (Shasta) * 14. Coyote Kills the Sucking Monster (Flathead) * 15. Walking Skeleton (Western Mono) 5. Part 2: What Man Must Know and Learn * 16. Bloodclot (Southern Ute) * 17. The Story of Sweet Medicine (Cheyenne) * 18. Yellowtop-to-Head Woman (Cheyenne) * 19. The Origin of Corn (Wabanaki) * 20. Forgetting the Song (Zuñi) * 21. The Conquering Gambler (Tahltan) * 22. Star Husband (Sekani) * 23. Northern Lights (Wabanaki) * 24. The Land of the Dead (Coos) * 25. Water Jar Boy (Tewa) * 26. The Sun-Snare (Tête de Boule) * 27. The Lecherous Father and His Daughter (Southern Ute) * 28. The Toothed Vagina (Yurok) 6. Part 3: The Excitement of Living * 29. Rolling Skull (Cheyenne) * 30. Rolling Rock (Flathead) * 31. The Man Who Married a Branch (Lillooet) * 32. The Origin of the Narwhal (Eskimo) * 33. Grizzly Bear and Doe (lassik) * 34. Turtle’s War-Party (Plains Ojibwa) * 35. Porcupine and Caribou (Carrier) * 36. Coyote Borrows Feathers (Uintah Ute) * 37. Why Buzzard is Bald (Iowa) * 38. The Hoodwinked Dancers (Comanche) * 39. The Bungling Host (Southern Ute) * 40. The Eye-Juggler (Cheyenne) * 41. Adventures of Naniboju (Mississaga) * 42. Adventures of Whiskey Jack (Plains Cree) * 43. Coyote’s Amorous Adventures (Shasta) * 44. Turtle’s Sacred War-Bundle (Iowa) * 45. Sleeping with a Log (Iowa) 7. Notes to the Tales
1. Preface 2. Remarks on Reading the Tales 3. The Tales 4. Part 1: The Way the World Is * 1. The Emergence (Hopi) * 2. The Earthdiver (Western Mono) * 3. Ouiot and Frog (San Luiseño) * 4. Theft of Fire (Southern Paiute) * 5. Theft of Light (Tahltan) * 6. How the Four Winds Were Created (Ojibwa) * 7. Coyote Arranges the Seasons of the Year (Shasta) * 8. The Origin of the Pleiades (Onondaga) * 9. The Girl Who Married a Dog (Cheyenne) * 10. The Deer and the Rainbow (Wyandot) * 11. The Frogs in the Moon (Lillooet) * 12. Afterbirth and Lodge Boy (Wichita) * 13. Loon-Woman (Shasta) * 14. Coyote Kills the Sucking Monster (Flathead) * 15. Walking Skeleton (Western Mono) 5. Part 2: What Man Must Know and Learn * 16. Bloodclot (Southern Ute) * 17. The Story of Sweet Medicine (Cheyenne) * 18. Yellowtop-to-Head Woman (Cheyenne) * 19. The Origin of Corn (Wabanaki) * 20. Forgetting the Song (Zuñi) * 21. The Conquering Gambler (Tahltan) * 22. Star Husband (Sekani) * 23. Northern Lights (Wabanaki) * 24. The Land of the Dead (Coos) * 25. Water Jar Boy (Tewa) * 26. The Sun-Snare (Tête de Boule) * 27. The Lecherous Father and His Daughter (Southern Ute) * 28. The Toothed Vagina (Yurok) 6. Part 3: The Excitement of Living * 29. Rolling Skull (Cheyenne) * 30. Rolling Rock (Flathead) * 31. The Man Who Married a Branch (Lillooet) * 32. The Origin of the Narwhal (Eskimo) * 33. Grizzly Bear and Doe (lassik) * 34. Turtle’s War-Party (Plains Ojibwa) * 35. Porcupine and Caribou (Carrier) * 36. Coyote Borrows Feathers (Uintah Ute) * 37. Why Buzzard is Bald (Iowa) * 38. The Hoodwinked Dancers (Comanche) * 39. The Bungling Host (Southern Ute) * 40. The Eye-Juggler (Cheyenne) * 41. Adventures of Naniboju (Mississaga) * 42. Adventures of Whiskey Jack (Plains Cree) * 43. Coyote’s Amorous Adventures (Shasta) * 44. Turtle’s Sacred War-Bundle (Iowa) * 45. Sleeping with a Log (Iowa) 7. Notes to the Tales
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