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Title:
Trickster : myths from the Ahtna Indians of Alaska
JLCTITLE245:
compiled & edited by John Smelcer ; foreword by Gary Snyder ; [illustrations by Larry Vienneau].
Publication Information:
Kirksville, Missouri : Naciketas Press, 2016.
Physical Description:
xviii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781936135196
Abstract:
"These trickster tales are related to the thousands of Raven tales in North America, and it is to Smelcer's credit that he draws parallels to them while bringing out their particular value to Ahtna cultural history"--Jack Zipes, from back cover.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116).
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Variant Title:
Cover title: Trickster : myths from the Ahtna Athabaskan Indians of Alaska
Contents:
Foreword / Gary Snyder -- Introduction -- The box of water -- Raven steals the stars, the moon, and the sun -- How Raven killed the whale -- Raven and Loon : the necklace story -- The mouse story -- The man who married an otter woman -- When Raven was killed -- How Porcupine got quills -- When Raven killed Grizzly Bear -- The blind man and the loon -- Fox and the greedy Wolverine -- How Wolverine became fierce -- How Moose got his dewlap -- Tazlina Lake monster -- The giant ice worm -- Fox and Wolf -- Stone woman -- Bush Indians -- How Camprobber got his face -- How Rabbit got his tail -- Raven and Goose-Wife -- Spider Woman story -- The old man and the bear -- Owl story -- The man with too many wives -- The house of wind -- How Raven made Salmon swim -- When Raven made Denali -- When they killed the Monkey People -- The boy who offended Salmon -- When Raven killed Porcupine -- The woman taken by a bear -- Giant killer -- The first mosquitoes -- The hole in the sky -- Preface to bibliographic index -- Bibliographic index of Alaska native oral narratives and ethnography. Aleut ; Athabaskan ; Eskimo ; Eyak ; Haida ; Tlingit ; Tsimshian.
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