Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians
The publication of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by the American Folk-Lore Society in 1938 illustrated the richness of the material on the tribes of the Southwest. Still a treasure-house of information, it appears with a new introduction and for the first time in paperback. Morris Edward Opler based his pioneering work on the accounts of Jicarilla men and women born in the nineteenth century. In a preface he explains that the stories, sacred and profane, were meant to be told on winter nights. The book takes up the creation of the universe, the birth of Killer-of-Enemies and Child-of-the-Water, the slaying of monsters, and the Hactcin ceremony. Other myths center on games and artifacts, hunting rituals and encounters with supernatural animals, and the trickster Coyote. There are also vivid, earthy stories of foolishness, unfaithfulness, and perversion; mon-strous enemies; and Dirty Boy's winning of a wife.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803286031
ISBN13:9780803286030
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Unp - Bison Books
Length:406 Pages
Weight:1.34 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Coyote Myths
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I bought this book because I am mainly interested in Coyote mythology. This book has a large section devoted to tales containing the Coyote in one context or another. All in all, there is approximatly 100 pages of Coyote "tails." This includes a section devoted to the "Coyote Cycle" reguarding animal myths.
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