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
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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9780826302533
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Zuni Indians
Zuni literature
American literature--Translations from Zuni.
Folklore
Indians of North America
398.2 Zun 42
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
082630253X 9780826302533
9780826302533
72086817
Zuni Indians
Zuni literature
American literature--Translations from Zuni.
Folklore
Indians of North America
398.2 Zun 42