ZuNi Folk Tales

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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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Transcriber’s Note

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ZUÑI FOLK TALES

RECORDED AND TRANSLATED BY
FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING

With an Introduction by
J. W. POWELL

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TÉNATSALI

NEW YORK AND LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1901

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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