Zunis :
Edition statement:[1st ed. reprinted]. Published by : University of New Mexico, (Albuquerque, NM) Physical details: [xvii], 245 pages, [4] leaves of plates illustrations, maps ; 21 cm ISBN:082630253X; 9780826302533. ISSN:978082630| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 300 - 399 | 398.2 Zun (Browse shelf) | Available | 102602 |
Society
History
Fables
Fables of moral instruction
Religion
War and defense
Now back in print after more than thirty years, The Zunis: Self-Portrayals offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Selected by the Zuni people themselves, the tales told here preserve their cultural traditions, from the Zuni creation myth and the rituals of masked dances, to farming and hunting practices, and battles with Navajos and Apaches. There are tales about ghosts and personified animals, and fables told to discipline children or to warn them against foolhardy bravery and braggadocio. Some of the stories are moral fables, and some are intended as entertainment pure and simple, tales told by a skillful narrator to pass a long evening
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