When Coyote Walked the Earth : Indian Tales of the Pacific Northwest

Type

Book

Authors

Corinne Running ( Running, Corinne )

Richard Bennett ( Bennett, Richard )

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Legends, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore, Indigenous peoples -- Legends, Coyote (Mythological character) -- Juvenile literature

Abstract

"Retold for children from Indian myths which were originally recorded and translated by Melville Jacobs for University of Washington Publications in anthropology and Columbia University Contributions to anthropology. The tales are built around the character of the all-powerful Coyote, who ruled the world before the first Indians came and prepared earth for man by settling problems of night and day, the seasons, fire, water, and so on." -- Provided by Worldcat.

Description

71 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Biblio Notes

Content:
The animals determine the length of day and night,
How spring came,
The origin of fire,
Coyote releases the water supply,
The animals determine who is to be elk,
How coyote saved the three timber rabbit brothers,
Coyote and snowbird,
Skunk and coyote,
How coyote defeated wood rat,
Coyote and the mischievous weasel,
Coyote's adventures with dangerous beings,
Coyote's adventures in a new land,
Coyote and fox visit the Sioux country,
Coyote's last adventure

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