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American Indian mythology / Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marriott, Alice, 1910-1992.
- Rachlin, Carol K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crowell, [1968]
- Summary:
- Information about mythology of various tribes of Indians of North America; Cheyenne, Modoc, Iroquoian, Kiowa, Fox (Musquakie), Tewa, Navaho, Zuni, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Mikasuki, Jicarilla Apache, Sauk, Comanche, Ponca, and Hopi.
- Contents:
- The world beyond ours. How the world was made (Cheyenne)
- How the world was made (Modoc)
- How the sun came (Cheyenne)
- The sky beings : thunder and his helpers (Iroquoian)
- The waters beneath : fifty young men and a turtle (Cheyenne)
- The waters beneath : the underwater village (Kiowa)
- The waters beneath : the great river monster (Cheyenne)
- The stars above : pursuit of the bear (Musquakie, Fox)
- The stars above : Long Sash and his people (Tewa)
- The world around us. How the people came to the middle place (Tewa)
- Nanih Waya : the sacred bluff (Choctaw and Chickasaw)
- How the half boys came to be (Kiowa)
- Male and female created he them : the river of separation (Navajo)
- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Zuni)
- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Cheyenne)
- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Mikasuki)
- To feed my people : the coming of buffalo (Jicarilla Apache)
- To feed my people : the race between the buffalo and man (Cheyenne)
- How and why : the painted turtle (Sauk)
- How and why : why the bear waddles when he walks (Comanche)
- How and why : don't be greedy story (Comanche)
- How horses came to the Navaho (Navajo)
- The end of the world : the buffalo go (Kiowa)
- The world we live in now. Saynday and smallpox : the white man's gift (Kiowa)
- Tsali of the Cherokees (Cherokee)
- Yellow Hair : George Armstrong Custer (Cheyenne and Arapaho)
- The deer woman (Ponca)
- The dancing feather (Intertribal)
- A world of beauty : the peyote religion (Comanche and Kiowa)
- Bird of power (Intertribal)
- The world we go to. How death came into the world (Kiowa)
- How death came into the world (Modoc)
- Over the hill (Arapaho)
- The world beyond (Hopi)
- A glass of water, please (Sauk)
- The womb of the Earth (Hopi).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marriott, Alice Lee, 1910-1992. American Indian mythology.
- ISBN:
- 0690072015
- 9780690072013
- OCLC:
- 442071
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