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Hopi Coyote tales = Istutuwutsi / Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway'ma ; illustrations by Anne-Marie Malotki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malotki, Ekkehart.
- Series:
- American tribal religions ; v. 9.
- American tribal religions ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- North American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Hopi Indians--Folklore.
- Hopi Indians.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Hopi language.
- Arizona.
- Coyote (Mythological character).
- Coyote.
- Hopi language--Texts.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 343 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Istutuwutsi.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1984]
- Summary:
- This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi transcriptions on facing pages and a bilingual glossary. "Hopi Coyote Tales" is important to an understanding of the Hopi language and folklore.
- To nomadic hunters such as the Navajo, who competed with him on the open range, Coyote was by turns a formidable trickster, a demonic witchperson, and a god. As sedentary planters, the Hopis tended to reduce Coyote to the level of a laughable fool. In these tales Coyote is a friendly bumbler whose mistakes teach listeners what tricks to avoid. Time after time he is hurt or killed for failing to understand a situation correctly. The collection is as amusing as animal fables should be, as simply told, and as instructive.
- Published as a companion volume to Father Berard Haile's "Navajo Coyote Tales," "Hopi Coyote Tales" is a valuable contribution to cross-cultural studies.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Coyote and Porcupine / Iisawniqw Muungyaw 3
- Chapter 2. Coyote and Water Serpent / Iisawniqw Paaloloqangw 9
- Chapter 3. Coyote and Badger / Iisawniqw Honani 23
- Chapter 4. Coyote and the Spiders / Iisawniqw Kookookyangwkt 43
- Chapter 5. Coyote and Wren / Iisawniqw Tutsvo 57
- Chapter 6. Coyote and the Blue Jays / Iisawniqw A'aat 63
- Chapter 7. Coyote and Crow / Iisawniqw Angwusi 69
- Chapter 8. Coyote and the Turkeys / Iisawniqw Kokoyongkt 77
- Chapter 9. Coyote and Little Bird / Iisawniqw Tsirooya 83
- Chapter 10. Coyote and the Bird Girls / Iisawniqw Tsiromamant 91
- Chapter 11. Coyote and Grasshopper / Iisawniqw Tootolo 99
- Chapter 12. Coyote and Cicada / Iisawniqw Maahu 105
- Chapter 13. Coyote and the Cowboy / Iisawniqw Wakaslalayqa 113
- Chapter 14. Coyote and the Navajo / Iisawniqw Tasavu 119
- Chapter 15. Coyote on a Salt Expedition / Iisaw Ongmokto 127
- Chapter 16. Coyote and Pavayoykyasi / Iisawniqw Pavayoykyasi 141
- Chapter 17. The Coyote Chain / Ii'ist Naahahayya 151
- Chapter 18. Coyote Learns Sorcery / Iisaw Powaqvaki 161
- Chapter 19. Coyote and the So'yoko Ogre / Iisawniqw So'yoko 179
- Chapter 20. Coyote and the Korowiste Kachinas / Iisaw Korowistemuy Walpeq Tsamva 195
- Chapter 21. Coyote Boy Marries a Girl from Musangnuvi / Iistiyo Musangnupnomata 229.
- ISBN:
- 0803230885
- OCLC:
- 10162793
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