Sun stories : tales from around the world to illuminate the days and nights of our lives

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Sun stories : tales from around the world to illuminate the days and nights of our lives / Carolyn McVickar Edwards ; [illustrations by Kathleen Edwards].

Summary:

A collection of multicultural tales.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Mother Sun and her people (Cherokee, North America) -- How Shapash the Sun rescued the prince of fertility (Ancient Canaan) -- Spider Grandmother finds light for her people (Kiowa, North America) -- Harambee : the story of the pull-together morning (Sukuma, Tanzania) -- Baubo's dance (Ancient Greece) -- Web of fear : the story of Akewa the Sun and Jaguar Man (Toba, Argentina) -- Surya the Sun's marriage to bright and shadow (Hindu, India) -- The rope from heaven (Luhya, Kenya) -- How the sun came to belong to every village (Snohomish, North America) -- How the cock got his crown (Miao-Tzu, tribal China) -- Sonwari and the golden earring (Thoria, tribal India) -- The sun cow and the thief (Kuttia Kond, tribal India) -- How Marsh Wren shot out the sun (Miwok, North America) -- The marriage of Sun King and Silver Moon (Thailand) -- The light keeper's box (Warao, Venezuela) -- Sun Man and Grandfather Mantis (San, Kalahari Desert) -- The sun, the stars, the tower, and the hammer (Balts, ancient Northern Europe) -- Solntse, the girl at the end of the world (Slavs, ancient Central and Eastern Europe) -- The Chanukah story (Jewish history and legend) -- The Christmas story (Christian history and legend).