Legends of the Northern Paiute : as told by Wilson Wewa /

"Legends of the Northern Paiute shares and preserves twenty-one original and previously unpublished Northern Paiute legends, as told by Wilson Wewa, a spiritual leader and oral historian of the Warm Springs Paiute. These legends were originally told around the fires of Paiute camps and villages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wewa, Wilson (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gardner, James A. (Compilador, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Northern Paiute Indians.
Manners and customs.
Legends.
Folklore.
FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
Legendes > Grand Bassin.
Folklore > Grand Bassin.
Northern Paiute Indians > Folklore.
Legends > Great Basin.
Folklore > Great Basin.
United States > Great Basin.
Grand Bassin > Moeurs et coutumes.
Great Basin > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword and Personal History / by Wilson Wewa
  • Legends of the Northern Paiute
  • Legend 1. The Creation Story and the Malheur Cave
  • Legend 2. The Creation of the Human People
  • Legend 3. The Bridge of the Gods, the Great Floods, and the Human People
  • Legend 4. How the Seasons Came to Be
  • Legend 5. When the Animals Were Still People and Starvation Hit the Land
  • Legend 6. "Animal Village," Lady Big Horn Sheep, and a Mother Turned Into Stone
  • Legend 7. The Epic Battle of the Giant Numuzo'ho and Coyote; Fort Rock and Monkey Face
  • Legend 8. A Story of Hunting and the Patience of the Hunter
  • Legend 9. Old Lady Jack Rabbit, Little Fat Jack Rabbit Girl, and the Ants
  • Legend 10. Why the Badger has Long Claws and Digs
  • Legend 11. A Big Dance in the Village; The Vanity of Coyote and Why Badger is Flat and Mean
  • Legend 12. How the Stars Got Their Twinkle, Why Coyote Howls to the Sky
  • Legend 13. Why Porcupines Eat Willows and Cottonwood Saplings
  • Legend 14. Black Bear's Gift of Roots and Medicine
  • Legend 15. Coyote and the Escape of Mouse
  • Legend 16. Why the Rat's Tail Has No Hair
  • Legend 17. The Deer and the Antelope as Brothers
  • Legend 18. Obsidian and Rock, Deer and Coyote
  • Legend 19. First Woman Travels in Search of Her Husband ... and is Followed by a Skull and Bones
  • Legend 20. A Legend of Darker and Lighter Skinned Children; and Prophecies of White People Coming Out of the East
  • Comments on Rock Art; "Coyote Writing" and "Spiritual Writing" in Paiute Country
  • Glossary.

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