Heroes & heroines, monsters & magic : native American legends and folktales / as told by Joseph Bruchac.
Record details
- ISBN: 0895949954
- ISBN: 9780895949950
- Physical Description: 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Freedom, CA : Crossing Press, c1985.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- I will now tell a story -- The coming of legends -- The creation -- The two brothers -- The boy who live with the bears -- How bear lost his tail -- Chipmunk and bear -- The gifts of the little people -- Three tales about turtle -- Turtle's race with beaver -- Turtle's race with bear -- Turtle makes war on men -- How buzzard got his feathers -- Rabbit and the willow tree -- Raccoon and the crayfish -- Rabbit and fox -- The hungry fox and the boastful suitor -- The dogs who saved their master -- Battle with the snakes -- The two-headed snake -- The story of Okteondon or the workers of evil -- The two daughters -- The girl who was not satisfied with simple things -- The vampire skeleton -- The stone coat woman -- The wife of Thunderer -- Four Iroquois hunters -- Skunny-Wundy and the Stone Giant -- Hodadenon: the last one left and the chestnut tree -- The brave woman and the flying head -- The hunting of the great bear -- Naho.
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- Subject:
- Indians of North America > Folklore.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | E 98 .F6 B78 1985 | 271282 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
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