Tewa firelight tales / retold by Ahlee James ; with illustrations by Awa Tsireh and others.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Ahlee, author.

Contributor:

Awa Tsireh, 1898-1955, illustrator.

Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

Central American Indian (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso Pueblo--Folklore--Juvenile literature.

Tewa Indians.

Tales--New Mexico--San Ildefonso Pueblo--Juvenile literature.

Tales.

Tewa Indians--Folklore--Juvenile literature.

Indians of North America--New Mexico--Folklore--Juvenile literature.

Indians of North America.

New Mexico--Folklore--Juvenile literature.

New Mexico.

Folklore.

Indians of North America--Folklore.

New Mexico--San Ildefonso Pueblo.

Genre:

Folklore.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[10], 247, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Longmans, Green and Co., 55 Fifth Avenue, New York ..., 1927.

Summary:

Retelling of Pueblo folk tales. Illustrated by ten full page color illustrations by San Ildefonso artist Awa Tsireh.

Contents:

A Tewa cinderella / told by Äẃä Tsi̐r̕ é ̌h, or Bird on Bulrush

Coyote and evening star / told by Năn-å-tchĭl-ē, or Bird on Tree, in Indian ; and translated into English by Tsånʹ Pê, or Evergreen Mountain

The boy-catcher / told by Pauʹ-sā, Cane Growing in Water

Copeteungh, or the magic awl / told by Ōnēʹa Pōʹve, or Lady Flower, as it was told to her by her father

The boys who went to the sun / told by Sahn Pōʹvê, or Corn Silk, as told to her by her aunt

The fire boys / told by told by Sahn Pōʹvê, or Corn Silk, as it was told to her by her grandmother

The fox sings / told by Năn-å-tchilʹ-ē, or Bird on Tree

The bear's tail / told by Ō-cooʹ-a Mō-ōʹ-nō, Moving Cloud, as told to him in childhood by his father, Tăm ō pe-ēʹ, or Dawn Mountain

Lazy girl and the lake spirit / told by Pōʹ-vê Sanghʹwah, or Blue Flower, as told to her by her grandfather

The making of the buffalo dance / told by Hwäʹ-pê, or Red Tail

The grasshopper / told by Pauʹsā, or Cane Growing in Water

The singing spring / told by a Tewa medicine man, P-o p-en, or Mountain, as told to him by his father

The man and the woman / told by Ō-nēʹ-a Pōʹ-vê, Lady Flower, as told to her by her grandfather, Wåm-pēi-ingʹ, or Jamez Mountain

The big snake of Pecos / told by Hwäʹ-pê, or Red Tail, as told to him by his father, Tah-mō-pēʹ, or Sun Mountain

The parrot girl / told by Cō-wē-yāʹ, Chipmunk, as told to him by his mother ; told in Indian by Cō-wē-yāʹ, and made into English by Tähn-tă-sähnʹ or Sun Clouds, the wife of his brother

The drouth witches / told by Pō-yāʹ-gā Tsēʹ-dā, or Frost Bird, and interpreted by Pō-ō Tsāʹ, or Yellow Water

The river man / told by Pauʹ-sā, or Cane Growing in Water, as told to him by his father, Tain-yāʹ-ā-nē, or Pine Tree

Imprisoned by bears / told by Năn-å-tch︣i-lē, or Bird-on-Tree

The witch wife / told by Pōʹ-vê Cåhʹ, which in Tewa language means "Leaf Flower," as it was told to her by her aunt ; Pove Cah is the famous potter "Marie," of San Ildefonso

Red-winged blackbirds and coyote / told by Ă-goyʹ-ō, or Star, as told to him by his grandfather

How music won two wives / told by Pauʹ-sā, or Cane Growing in Water, as told to him by his father

How the Tewa tribe divided / told by Hwape, or Red Tail, as learned from his father

When Navajos stole Tewa boys / told by Dāt-sā-ōnʹ-yā, or Goldfinch, the Cacique, or father of the San Ildefonso pueblo

Sad ending of a picnic / told by Pauʹ sā

Tenene Pove / told by Pō-ō-tēʹ, or Splashing Water, as told to her by her grandmother

Rabbit and hawk / by Sahn-yōʹ Pōʹ-vê, or Flower Branch of Tree

Red tail talks.

Color plates: One of the turkeys asked her if she wished to go to the dance / drawn by Awa Tsireh

Oh, bluebird, hide me! / drawn by Tsan Pe

Perhaps in the body of this child is a great spirit / drawn by Juan Cruz

"Do not be frightened," said the tree / drawn by Awa Tsireh

The buffalo dance / drawn by Awa Tsireh

They were transformed into snakes, one blue and one yellow / drawn by Po-o-canu

He glided out of the kiva / drawn by Awa Tsireh

Immediately they were turned into three writhing snakes / drawn by Awa Tsireh

The San Ildefonso bird / drawn by Awa Tsireh.

Notes:

Illustrated endpapers.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

OCLC:

1710159