| Description |
xxii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151). |
| Contents |
Weaker and weaker (Inuit) -- Three wishes (Mohawk) -- Proud-woman and all-kinds-of-trees (Seneca) -- Girl who married the little man (Inuit) -- Little ones and their mouse helpers (Cherokee) -- All are my friends (Yurok) -- Little house in the deep water (Cherokee) -- Boy who married the little woman (Maliseet) -- Two bad friends (Inuit) -- Little people who build the temples (Maya) -- How the dead came back (Cherokee) -- Little man who married the whirlwind (Seneca) -- Rainmakers' apprentice (Nahua) -- Thunder's two sisters (Cherokee) -- Smallest bow (Seneca) -- Little woman who taught pottery (Toba) -- Hunter who lost his luck (Seneca/Cayuga) -- Star husbands (Passamaquoddy) -- Twelve little women (Lenape) -- Talking tree (Yaqui) -- Deetkatoo (Tillamook) -- Guide to tribes and cultures -- Guide to the lore of little people. |
| Summary |
Twenty-two stories retold from fourteen Native-American groups from Alaska to mid-South America. Little people predate the Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. They live in forests, in water, underground, and on mountains. |
| Subject |
Indians -- Folklore.
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Dwarfs -- America.
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Fairies -- America.
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Legends -- America.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous people -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Bierhorst, John.
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| ISBN |
0688148379 |
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