LIST OF TALES
LIST OF PLATES
INTRODUCTION
THE TRIAL OF LOVERS: OR THE MAIDEN OF MATSAKI AND THE RED FEATHER ( Told the First Night )
THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE
THE POOR TURKEY GIRL
HOW THE SUMMER BIRDS CAME
THE SERPENT OF THE SEA
THE MAIDEN OF THE YELLOW ROCKS
THE FOSTER-CHILD OF THE DEER
THE BOY HUNTER WHO NEVER SACRIFICED TO THE DEER HE HAD SLAIN:
HOW AHAIYÚTA AND MATSAILEMA STOLE THE THUNDER-STONE AND THE LIGHTNING-SHAFT
THE WARRIOR SUITOR OF MOKI
HOW THE COYOTE JOINED THE DANCE OF THE BURROWING-OWLS
THE COYOTE WHO KILLED THE DEMON SIUIUKI: OR WHY COYOTES RUN THEIR NOSES INTO DEADFALLS
HOW THE COYOTES TRIED TO STEAL THE CHILDREN OF THE SACRED DANCE
THE COYOTE AND THE BEETLE
HOW THE COYOTE DANCED WITH THE BLACKBIRDS
HOW THE TURTLE OUT HUNTING DUPED THE COYOTE
THE COYOTE AND THE LOCUST
THE COYOTE AND THE RAVENS WHO RACED THEIR EYES
THE PRAIRIE-DOGS AND THEIR PRIEST, THE BURROWING-OWL
HOW THE GOPHER RACED WITH THE RUNNERS OF K'IAKIME
HOW THE RATTLESNAKES CAME TO BE WHAT THEY ARE
HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED
JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL
THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES
THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA
THE REVENGE OF THE TWO BROTHERS ON THE HAWIKUHKWE, OR THE TWO
THE YOUNG SWIFT-RUNNER WHO WAS STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTHING BY THE AGED TARANTULA
ATAHSAIA, THE CANNIBAL DEMON
THE HERMIT MITSINA
HOW THE TWINS OF WAR AND CHANCE, AHAIYÚTA AND MATSAILEMA,
THE COCK AND THE MOUSE
THE GIANT CLOUD-SWALLOWER A TALE OF CAnON DE CHELLY
THE MAIDEN THE SUN MADE LOVE TO, AND HER BOYS OR, THE ORIGIN OF ANGER
Title: ZuÑi Folk Tales
Author: Frank Hamilton Cushing
Language: English
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ZUÑI FOLK TALES
RECORDED AND TRANSLATED BY
FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING
With an Introduction by
J. W. POWELL
NEW YORK AND LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1901
Copyright, 1901
by
EMILY T. M. CUSHING
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing