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Choctaw tales / collected and annotated by Tom Mould.
Penn Museum Library E99.C8 C77 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Choctaw Indians--Folklore.
- Choctaw Indians.
- Choctaw mythology.
- Tales--Southern States.
- Tales.
- Legends.
- Southern States.
- Legends--Southern States.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- lxii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2004]
- Summary:
- Including stories from the 1700s to today, Choctaw Tales showcases the myths, legends, supernatural tales, prophecies, histories, animal tales and jokes that make up the rich and lively Choctaw storytelling tradition. The stories display intelligence, artistry, and creativity as the Choctaw narrators, past and present, express and struggle with beliefs, values, humor, and life experiences. Photographs of the storytellers complement the text. For sixteen tales, the Choctaw-language version appears in addition to the English translation.
- Many of these stories, passed down through generations, address the Choctaw sense of isolation and tension as storytellers confront eternal, historical, and personal questions about the world and its inhabitants. Choctaw Tales, the first book to collect these stories, creates a comprehensive gathering of oral traditions from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
- Contents:
- The Storytellers 3
- Storytellers of the Past 3
- Storytellers of the Present 15
- The Genres of Choctaw Storytelling 38
- Commentary and Contextualization 45
- Patterns and Performance 53
- Creation Stories and Myths 61
- The Choctaw Creation Legend 64
- Nane Chaha 65
- Men and Grasshoppers 65
- Creation of the Tribes 66
- Origin of the Crawfish Band 67
- The Creation of the Choctaw 68
- The Migration Legend 71
- Migration 72
- A Short Story of the Creation of the First Man 73
- Tradition of the Flood 73
- The Flood 75
- Lightning and Thunder 76
- The Origin of Corn 77
- Corn-Finding Myth 77
- Wild Geese and the Origin of Corn 78
- The Geese, the Ducks, and Water 78
- The Life of Dogs 79
- How the Snakes Acquired Their Poison 80
- The Owl 81
- Tashka and Walo 81
- The Hunter of the Sun 83
- Yallofalaiya 85
- Nameless Choctaw 88
- The Hunter and the Alligator 92
- Supernatural Legends and Encounters 94
- The Girl and the Devil 97
- The Eagle Story 98
- Skate'ne 99
- Hoklonote'she 101
- A Story of Kashikanchak 101
- Kashikanchak 103
- The Spectre and the Hunter 104
- The Hunter Who Became a Deer 107
- The Man Who Became a Snake 109
- Half-Horse, Half-Man 112
- Kashehotapalo 113
- Na Losa Falaya 113
- Manlike Creature 114
- Okwa Nahollo-White People of the Water 115
- Big Pond 116
- The Water Choctaw 117
- Pas Falaya 117
- Nishkin Chafa-One-Eye 121
- Headless Man 123
- The Inhuman Na Losa Chitto 123
- The Demon Na Losa Chitto 124
- A Big Hog 125
- Big Black Hairy Monster 126
- The Black Stump 127
- The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow 128
- The Floating Light 129
- Lights 131
- Kowi Anukasha 131
- Medicine Woman 132
- The Little Man 133
- Pile of Rocks 137
- A Witch 139
- Choctaw Doctors 140
- Shape-Changer 141
- The Baseball Game 141
- Dancing Lights 143
- Hashok Okwa Hui'ga-Dew Drop (Will-o-the-wisp) 144
- The Blue Light 144
- Disappearing Lights 145
- The Ghost 146
- Spirit of the Dead 146
- Two Brothers 147
- Historical Legends 148
- White Men Bring Alcohol 149
- Fighting the Muskogees 150
- Crossing the Line 151
- Death of Pushmataha 153
- Removal 154
- Sneaking Back from Oklahoma 155
- Land Swindling 156
- Grandfather's Land 156
- Burning Sticks 157
- Prophecy 159
- Changing Landscape and Intermarriage 160
- Planes, Roads, and Culture 161
- Intermarriage, Roads, and Changing Seasons 162
- Changing World 163
- Electricity, Plumbing, and Social Dancing 165
- Cars, Roads, and Changing Values 167
- A Great Illness 168
- The Third Removal 170
- War 172
- Extinction 172
- End of the World 173
- Land Getting Old 173
- Jokes and Tall Stories 176
- The Car 178
- Running Water 179
- Whatyousay 180
- Time to Kill Hogs 180
- The Horse's Egg 181
- The Funeral 182
- The White Cat 183
- The Man and the Turkey 184
- The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw 185
- The Trip to Arkansas 187
- Tall Stories 188
- The Lucky Shot 189
- Help from Above 190
- Animal Stories 192
- The Ball Game 194
- Race between the Hummingbird and the Crane 195
- The Hummingbird 196
- The Dove Story 196
- How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds 197
- Why the Buzzard Has More Offspring Than the Owl 197
- Why the Guinea Hen Is Speckled 198
- Boatmaker 198
- The Hunters and the Bears 200
- Rabbit and the Bears 200
- How the Bear Lost His Tail 202
- How the Rabbit Got a Short Tail 202
- How the Bullfrog Lost His Horns 203
- How the Alligator Got His Back 204
- Rabbit and Turtle Race 205
- Race between the Turkey and the Terrapin 206
- Turtle and Turkey 207
- Why Terrapins Never Get Fat 208
- Turtle, Turkey, and the Ants 209
- Why There Are Seams in the Terrapin's Shell 210
- Why the Turtle's Shell Is Sewed Up 210
- How the Terrapin Lost the Ability to Climb Trees 211
- Raccoon and 'Possum 211
- Possum and Coon 212
- The Panther and the Opossum 213
- Possum and the Fox 217
- Why the Rabbit's Skin Is Loose 218
- Bear and Rabbit 219
- How the Rabbit Fooled the Turkeys 219
- Rabbit and Fox Farm Together 220
- Rabbit Rides Wolf 221
- Rabbit Gains a Wife 221
- How Rabbit Made the Animals Angry 223
- Rabbit and the Garden 224
- Stories in Choctaw 227
- The Choctaw Creation Legend 227
- Lightning and Thunder 228
- Corn-Finding Myth 228
- A Story of Kashikanchak 229
- Kashikanchak 230
- The Man Who Became a Snake 231
- The Big Pond 234
- Pas Falaya 235
- The Inhuman Na Losa Chitto 238
- The Black Stump 238
- Cars, Roads, and Changing Values 239
- The Funeral 240
- The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw 242
- Help from Above 243
- The Dove Story 244
- How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds 245.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1578066824
- 1578066832
- OCLC:
- 54424994
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