Zunis :  self-portrayals  
 The Zunis 
Zuni people. Alvina Quam, translator 
 - [1st ed. reprinted]. 
 - Albuquerque, NM  University of New Mexico,  [1973, 1972] 
 - [xvii], 245 pages, [4] leaves of plates   illustrations, maps ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Society<br/>History<br/>Fables<br/>Fables of moral instruction<br/>Religion<br/>War and defense 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>082630253X 9780826302533 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>9780826302533 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>72086817  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Zuni Indians<br/>Zuni literature<br/>American literature--Translations from Zuni.<br/>Folklore<br/>Indians of North America
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.2 Zun   42