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" ... gathering of oral traditions from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mould, Tom, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2004.
Temas:
Choctaw Indians > Folklore.
Choctaw mythology.
Tales > Southern States.
Legends > Southern States.
Choctaw > Folklore.
Contes > États-Unis (Sud)
Légendes > États-Unis (Sud)
Mythologie choctaw.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Choctaw Indians
Choctaw mythology
Legends
Tales
Southern States
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The storytellers. Storytellers of the past
  • Storytellers of the present.
  • The genres of Choctaw storytelling. Native terms
  • Commentary and contextualization
  • Patterns and performance
  • A note on the texts.
  • Creation stories and myths. The Choctaw creation legend
  • Nané Chaha
  • Men and grasshoppers
  • Creation of the tribes
  • Origin of the Crawfish Band
  • The creation of the Choctaw
  • The migration legend
  • Migration
  • A short story of the creation of the first man
  • Tradition of the flood
  • The flood
  • Lightning and thunder
  • The origin of corn
  • Corn-finding myth
  • Wild geese and the origin of corn
  • The geese, the ducks, and water
  • The life of dogs
  • How the snakes acquired their poison
  • The owl
  • Tashka and Walo
  • The hunter of the sun
  • Yallofalaiya
  • Nameless Choctaw
  • The hunter and the alligator.
  • Supernatural legends and encounters. The girl and the devil
  • The eagle story
  • Skate'ne
  • Hoklonote'she
  • A story of Kashikanchak
  • Kashikanchak
  • The spectre and the hunter
  • The hunter who became a deer
  • The man who became a snake
  • Half-horse, half-man
  • Kashehotapalo
  • Na Losa Falaya
  • Manlike creature
  • Okwa Nahollo, white people of the water
  • Big pond
  • The water Choctaw
  • Pas Falaya
  • Nishkin Chafa, one-eye
  • Headless man
  • The inhuman Na Losa Chitto
  • The demon Na Losa Chitto
  • A big hog
  • Big black hairy monster
  • The black stump
  • The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow
  • The floating light
  • Lights
  • Kowi Anukasha
  • Medicine woman
  • The little man
  • Pile of rocks
  • A witch
  • Choctaw doctors
  • Shape-changer
  • The baseball game
  • Dancing lights
  • Hanshok Okwa Hui'ga, dew drop (will-o-the-wisp)
  • The blue light
  • Disappearing lights
  • The ghost
  • Spirit of the dead
  • Two brothers.
  • Historical legends. White men bring alcohol
  • Fighting the Muskogees
  • Crossing the line
  • Death of Pushmataha
  • Removal
  • Sneaking back from Oklahoma
  • Land swindling
  • Grandfather's land
  • Burning sticks.
  • Prophecy. Changing landscape and intermarriage
  • Planes, roads, and culture
  • Intermarriage, roads, and changing seasons
  • Changing world
  • Electricity, plumbing, and social dancing
  • Cars, roads, and changing values
  • A great illness
  • The third removal
  • War
  • Extinction
  • End of the world
  • Land getting old.
  • Jokes and tall stories. The car
  • Running water
  • Whatyousay
  • Time to kill hogs
  • The horse's egg
  • The funeral
  • The white cat
  • The man and the turkey
  • The dog who spoke Choctaw
  • The trip to Arkansas
  • Tall stories
  • The lucky shot
  • Help from above.
  • Animal stories. The ball game
  • Race between the hummingbird and the crane
  • The hummingbird
  • The dove story
  • How the biskantak got water for the birds
  • Why the buzzard has more offspring than the owl
  • Why the guinea hen is speckled
  • Boatmaker
  • The hunters and the bears
  • Rabbit and the bears
  • How the bear lost his tail
  • How the rabbit got a short tail
  • How the bullfrog lost his horns
  • How the alligator got his back
  • Rabbit and Turtle race
  • Race between the turkey and the terrapin
  • Turtle and Turkey
  • Why terrapins never get fat
  • Turtle, Turkey, and the ants
  • Why there are seams in the terrapin's shell
  • Why the turtle's shell is sewed up
  • How the terrapin lost the ability to climb trees
  • Raccoon and 'Possum
  • Possum and Coon
  • The panther and the opossum
  • Possum and the fox
  • Why the rabbit's skin is loose
  • Bear and Rabbit
  • How the rabbit fooled the turkeys
  • Rabbit and Fox farm together
  • Rabbit rides Wolf
  • Rabbit gains a wife
  • How Rabbit made the animals angry
  • Rabbit and the garden.
  • Stories in Choctaw. The Choctaw creation legend
  • Lightning and thunder
  • Corn-finding myth
  • A story of Kashikanchak
  • Kashikanchak
  • The man who became a snake
  • The big pond
  • Pas Falaya
  • The inhuman Na Losa Chitto
  • The black stump
  • Cars, roads, and changing values
  • The funeral
  • The dog who spoke Choctaw
  • Help from above
  • The dove story
  • How the biskantak got water for the birds.

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