American Indian myths and legends
Title:
American Indian myths and legends
JLCTITLE245:
selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, c1984.
Physical Description:
xv, 527 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780394507965
9780394740188
General Note:
Series statement from jacket.
Includes index.
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.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-525) and index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
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.