| Description |
159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
"Notes and bibliography": pages 141-159. |
| Contents |
Earth, sky and sea. What makes moonshine on water (Mexico) -- Who? (Yuchi-Creek) -- How the Earth was made to fit the sky (Bugun) -- How the sun was made (Euahlayi) -- Why the sun and moon live in the sky (Efik) -- How the Earth's fire was saved (Tinguian) -- How the people sang the mountains up (Jicarilla Apache) -- Why the tides ebb and flow (Tahltan, Malay) -- Why the sea is salt (Old Norse) -- Who the man in the moon is. The old man and his bush (Altai Tatar) ; The old humpback (Malay) ; Frogs in the moon (Lillooet) ; Hjuki and Bil (Old Norse) ; The moon's face (Masai). |
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Man. How the people began (Greenland Eskimo) -- Chameleon finds-- (Yao) -- Creator makes-- (Yokuts) -- The lizard-hand (Yokuts) -- How wisdom came to man (Ashanti) -- How Rabbit stole fire from the buzzards (Catawba) -- How the people got fire (Cherokee) -- How man learned to make fire (Toba) -- How mankind learned to make bread (Kabyle). |
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Animals. Why the animals have no fire (Coeur d'Alene of Idaho) -- How baboons came into the world (Zulu) -- Why God made the dogs (Rumania) -- Why people keep dogs (Yao) -- Dog's hoop (Lipan Apache) -- How people got the first cat (Ch'uan Miao) -- Why Cat eats first (South Carolina Negro) -- How the first horse was made (Kond) -- Why Goat cannot climb a tree (Haitian Creole) -- Why Sheep does not come in out of the rain (North Carolina Negro) -- Why Rabbit has a short tale (Baganda-Alabama Negro) -- How Bat won the ball game (Creek) -- Why Bat flies alone (Modoc) -- Why Bear sleeps all winter (North Carolina Negro) -- How chipmunk got his stripes (Iroquois) -- Why Lion lives in the forest (Yao) -- How Tiger learned to hunt (Popoluca) -- How Whale happens to smoke a pipe (Passamaquoddy) -- Why Elephant and Whale live where they do (Bahama Negro) -- Why Spider has a little head and a big behind (Akan-Ashanti) -- How Spider got his threat (Wishosk or Wiyot) -- Why Porpoise is not a fish (Polynesia) -- Why Dog gnaws a bone (Tuscany). |
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Birds. Why the birds are different colors (North Carolina Negro) -- Why Chicken lives with man (Mpongwe) -- How Rooster got his comb (Ch'uan Miao) -- Why Rooster is so neat (United States) -- Why Robin has a red breast (Congo) -- How Kingfisher got his necklace (Chippewa) -- How Loon learned his call (Passamaquoddy) -- Owl (Gloucestershire) -- Why Wagtail wags her tail (Rumania) -- Why Crow has a right to first corn (Iroquois) -- How Crane got his long beak (Gumaitj) -- Why Peacock looks at his tale (Devonshire). |
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Insects, reptiles, and fish. Why the flea jumps (Tuscany) -- Why ants live everywhere (Burma) -- Why ants carry large bundles (Ashanti) -- Why Fly rubs his hands together (Luiseño) -- Why Grasshopper spits tobacco juice (Penobscot) -- Why Crocodile does not eat Hen (Fjort) -- How Rattlesnake got his fangs (Luiseño) -- How tadpoles lost their tails (North Carolina Negro) -- Why frogs croak in wet weather (Korea) -- How Turtle keeps from getting wet (Natchez) -- Why Flounder's two eyes are on the same side of his face (Polynesia) -- Why Jellyfish has no shell (Japan) -- Why Crab's eyes stick out (Fjort). |
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Plants. Why some trees are evergreen (Cherokee) -- How the coconut tree was saved (Apayao) -- How Bean got his stripe (Europe) -- How yams got their eyes (Easter Island). |
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Constellations. The Great Bear (Micmac) -- Why people watch the dipper (Tahltan) -- Pleiades (Cherokee) -- Udleqdjun in the sky (Central Eskimo). |
| Subject |
Legends.
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| Added Author |
Rounds, Glen, 1906-2002 illustrator.
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