American Indian tales and legends; translated [from the Czech] by George Theiner, illustrated by Miloslav Troup.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Czech Publication details: London, Hamlyn [1965]Description: 238 p. col. illus. 29 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2
LOC classification:
  • E98.F6 H83
Contents:
The first evening: The first light (Navaho) -- Who brought the sun? (Zuni) -- The fire myth (Cherokee) -- The big flood (Ojibwa, Creek) -- How the Indians came into the world (Seneca) -- The white trail in the sky (Shoshone) -- The rainbow snake (Shoshone) -- The lost children (Assiniboine, Blackfoot) -- The white water-lily (Ojibwa) -- Sickness and medicine (Cherokee) -- The dandelion (Algonquin) -- The old woman's hair (Creek) -- The gift of the totems (Kathlamet) -- The Indians and death (Caddo, Wintun) -- The eternal song (Dakota) -- The duel between the Great Spirit and God (Huron) -- The second evening: Forest lore and tales about animals -- How the Indians came to own horses (Pawnee) -- The owl and the yellow mouse (Koasati) -- The enchanted stag (Algonquin) -- The golden cranes (Shoshone) -- When friends fall out (Seneca) -- The otter's friendship (Seneca) -- Wolves and stags (Tsimshian) -- The rabbit and the wildcat (Koasati, Creek) -- How the snake got his poison fangs (Maricopa) -- The skunk and the evil spirit (Fox) -- The strawberries (Cherokee) -- The coyote and the bison (Kutenai) -- The magpie's nest (Piegan) -- The raven and the whale (Tlingit) -- How the opossum lost the hairs on his tail (Creek) -- The beaver and the porcupine (Haida, Tsimshian) -- Man's faithful friend -- The fist war (Dakota) -- The third evening: Shingebis and the north wind (Algonquin) -- The wise Hiawatha (Iroquois) -- The adventures of Manabush (Menomimi) -- Okteondo and the wild geese (Seneca) -- Wihio the wanderer (Cheyenne, Choctaw, Micmac) -- The purple swan (Ojibwa) -- Ahayiute and the cloud-eater (Zuni) -- Shavenis and the water of life (Cochiti, Algonquin) -- The story of Niagara (Seneca, Tuscarora) -- How the war tomahawk was buried -- The secret of the calumet -- American Indians tales and legends.
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Col. illus. on end papers.

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The first evening: The first light (Navaho) -- Who brought the sun? (Zuni) -- The fire myth (Cherokee) -- The big flood (Ojibwa, Creek) -- How the Indians came into the world (Seneca) -- The white trail in the sky (Shoshone) -- The rainbow snake (Shoshone) -- The lost children (Assiniboine, Blackfoot) -- The white water-lily (Ojibwa) -- Sickness and medicine (Cherokee) -- The dandelion (Algonquin) -- The old woman's hair (Creek) -- The gift of the totems (Kathlamet) -- The Indians and death (Caddo, Wintun) -- The eternal song (Dakota) -- The duel between the Great Spirit and God (Huron) -- The second evening: Forest lore and tales about animals -- How the Indians came to own horses (Pawnee) -- The owl and the yellow mouse (Koasati) -- The enchanted stag (Algonquin) -- The golden cranes (Shoshone) -- When friends fall out (Seneca) -- The otter's friendship (Seneca) -- Wolves and stags (Tsimshian) -- The rabbit and the wildcat (Koasati, Creek) -- How the snake got his poison fangs (Maricopa) -- The skunk and the evil spirit (Fox) -- The strawberries (Cherokee) -- The coyote and the bison (Kutenai) -- The magpie's nest (Piegan) -- The raven and the whale (Tlingit) -- How the opossum lost the hairs on his tail (Creek) -- The beaver and the porcupine (Haida, Tsimshian) -- Man's faithful friend -- The fist war (Dakota) -- The third evening: Shingebis and the north wind (Algonquin) -- The wise Hiawatha (Iroquois) -- The adventures of Manabush (Menomimi) -- Okteondo and the wild geese (Seneca) -- Wihio the wanderer (Cheyenne, Choctaw, Micmac) -- The purple swan (Ojibwa) -- Ahayiute and the cloud-eater (Zuni) -- Shavenis and the water of life (Cochiti, Algonquin) -- The story of Niagara (Seneca, Tuscarora) -- How the war tomahawk was buried -- The secret of the calumet -- American Indians tales and legends.