| Description |
x, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Concord library |
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Concord library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Trail of Stories -- The Emergence (Navajo, Southwestern United States) -- The Creation (Mohawk, Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada) -- Tangaroa, Maker of All Things (Tahiti) -- In the Beginning ... (Australia) -- Kalevala: The Mother of Water (Finland) -- The Origin of Different Water Animals (Nagaland, India) -- Juruna Kills the Sun (Juruna, Brazil) -- How Moon Fathered the World (Wakaranga, Zimbabwe) -- Sun and Moon (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- Morning and Evening (Fon, Benin) -- The Origin of Fishes (Fon, Benin) -- How Gluskabe Brought the Summer (Abenaki, Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada) -- The Rollright Stones (Cotswolds, England) -- Hailibu the Hunter (Mongolia) -- The Seven Sisters (Kiowa, Central United States) -- The Toad (Ibo, Nigeria) -- The Chameleon and the Lizard (Margi, Central African Republic) -- The Origin of Death (Hottentot, Southern Africa) -- The Jaguar and the Girl (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay). |
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The Woman Who Was Married to a Jaguar (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- The Woman Married to Jaguar-Man (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- The Man Who Married Gemini and Who Made a Trip to the World of the Thunderbirds (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- Gratitude: The Hunter and the Antelope (Nupe, West Africa) -- The Celestial Bear (Mohawk, Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada) -- Trading Teeth with the Beaver (Mohawk, Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada) -- The Song of the Birds (Mohawk, Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada) -- The Blossom Tree (Tibet) -- The Young Man Who Refused to Kill (Tibet) -- Kalevala: Song of the Bear (Finland) -- The Legend of the Elephant (Fang, West Africa) -- The Caribou Man (Inuit, Alaska) -- Momotaro, the Peach Boy (Japan) -- The Crane Wife (Japan) -- Jataka Tales: The Woodpecker (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Lion (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Quail and the Falcon (India). |
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Jataka Tales: The Antelope (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Tiger (India) -- The Frog-King, or Iron Henry (Brothers Grimm, Germany) -- The Serpent Mother (Gujerati, India) -- The Deer and the Snake (Korea) -- The Pheasants and the Bell (Korea) -- The Centipede Girl (Korea) -- The Youth and His Eagle (Zuni, Southwestern United States) -- Anansi Owns All Tales That Are Told (Ashanti, Ghana) -- Anansi's Rescue from the River (Ashanti, Ghana) -- Anansi Plays Dead (Ashanti, Ghana) -- The Jackal and the Hen (Kabyle, Algeria) -- The Jackal and the Lion (Kabyle, Algeria) -- How Ijapa, Who Was Short, Became Long (Yoruba, Nigeria) -- Ijapa Cries for His Horse (Yoruba, Nigeria) -- T'appin (Terrapin) (Southern United States) -- Sheer Crops (Southern United States) -- The Crocodile Man and the Heron Man (Murinbata, Northern Australia) -- The Monkey-Son (Tamilnadu, India) -- The Raven and the Whale (Inuit, Alaska and Northwestern Canada) -- The Raven and the Hunter (Inuit, Alaska and Northwestern Canada). |
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The Lustful Raven (Inuit, Alaska and Northwestern Canada) -- The Winnebago Trickster Cycle (excerpts) (Winnebago, Central United States) -- The Stealing of the Sun (Kato, Western United States) -- Sun's Arrival in the Sky (Miwok, Western United States) -- Coyote Juggles His Eyes (Sioux, North Central United States) -- Landscape, History, and the Pueblo Imagination (Laguna Pueblo, Southwestern United States) / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The Circle Is the Way to See (Abenaki, Northeastern United States) / Joseph Bruchac -- Excerpts from I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (Quechua, Guatemala) / Rigoberta Menchu -- The Day the Mountain Said No (Aeta, Philippines) / Pablo Santos -- The Circle Closes in on the Nomads (Maasai, Kenya) / Kamoriongo Ole Aimerru Nkongoni -- The Man Made of Words (Kiowa, Central United States) / N. Scott Momaday -- The Kill Hole (Chickasaw, Central United States) / Linda Hogan. |
| Summary |
Folk tales from around the world. The topics include the beginning of the world, human and animal gods, monsters and tricksters. All reflect cultures which have been grounded in one place for many generations. |
| Subject |
Tales.
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Nature -- Folklore.
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Mythology.
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Nature -- Mythology.
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Mythology. (OCoLC)fst01031701
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Nature. (OCoLC)fst01034561
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Nature -- Mythology.
(OCoLC)fst01034588
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Tales. (OCoLC)fst01142246
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| Genre/Form |
Myths. (OCoLC)fst01922484
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Myths.
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Fiction.
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Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
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| Added Author |
Elder, John, 1947-
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Wong, Hertha Dawn.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Family of earth and sky. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1994 (OCoLC)624396625 |
| ISBN |
0807085286 |
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9780807085288 |
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0807085294 |
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9780807085295 |
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