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Nez Perce coyote tales : the myth cycle / Deward E. Walker, Jr. in collaboration with Daniel N. Matthews ; illustrations by Marc Seahmer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0806130326 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780806130323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Oklahoma paperbacks ed.
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: Blood of the monster. Worland, Wyo. : High Plains Pub. Co., c1994. With new pref.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- I: Coyote myths -- Coyote and monsters -- Coyote and monster -- Killer mosquito -- Coyote defeats the sun -- Coyote and flint -- Coyote and hummingbird -- Killer butterfly -- Mussel-shell killers -- Killer baby -- Frog and coyote -- Frog and bluejay -- Cannibal -- Blindworm killer -- II: Coyote the transformer -- Coyote breaks the fish dam at Celilo -- Coyote and white-tailed buck -- How coyote made different people -- Coyote shoots cow elk -- How the salmon found out that they shouldn't go up potlatch creek -- Worm penis -- Cold and warm brothers wrestle -- How the animals got their names -- How coyote brought the buffalo -- How coyote lost his eyes -- The sun and the moon -- Coyote and winter have a war -- Coyote and bull -- Coyote visits elk and fish hawk -- How porcupine went to the plains -- Coyote's trip to the east -- Coyote and fox -- Coyote and fox pretend to be women -- Fox and coyote as shamans -- Coyote and fox run races -- Coyote and grizzly bear -- The five grizzly bear sisters and the five woodpecker brothers -- How the grizzly bear sisters were fooled -- Don't crack the bones -- How coyote killed the grizzly bears -- Coyote kills grizzly bear's sons -- Coyote and women and children -- Coyote and the shadow people -- Bat and coyote -- Cut-out-of belly boy -- Weasel wrestles for a wife -- Coyote marries his daughter -- Coyote and his daughter -- Elbow baby -- Cixcixicim boy -- Warmweather and coldweather -- The disobedient boy -- Frog and crawfish dance -- Coyote visits white mountain -- Sea monster -- How coyote's penis became a dam -- II: A descriptive interpretation of coyote's character -- Coyote and monsters -- Coyote and advisers -- Coyote's interactions with groups -- Coyote and children -- Coyote's relationships with adult female characters -- Coyote's relationships with adult male characters.
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| Lummi Library | E 99 .N5 W27 1994 | 100000697 | Stacks | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aNez Perce coyote tales : ‡bthe myth cycle / ‡cDeward E. Walker, Jr. in collaboration with Daniel N. Matthews ; illustrations by Marc Seahmer. |
| 250 | . | ‡aOklahoma paperbacks ed. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNorman : ‡bUniversity of Oklahoma Press, ‡c1998. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a244 p. : ‡bill., map ; ‡c24 cm. | |
| 500 | . | ‡aOriginally published: Blood of the monster. Worland, Wyo. : High Plains Pub. Co., c1994. With new pref. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aI: Coyote myths -- Coyote and monsters -- Coyote and monster -- Killer mosquito -- Coyote defeats the sun -- Coyote and flint -- Coyote and hummingbird -- Killer butterfly -- Mussel-shell killers -- Killer baby -- Frog and coyote -- Frog and bluejay -- Cannibal -- Blindworm killer -- II: Coyote the transformer -- Coyote breaks the fish dam at Celilo -- Coyote and white-tailed buck -- How coyote made different people -- Coyote shoots cow elk -- How the salmon found out that they shouldn't go up potlatch creek -- Worm penis -- Cold and warm brothers wrestle -- How the animals got their names -- How coyote brought the buffalo -- How coyote lost his eyes -- The sun and the moon -- Coyote and winter have a war -- Coyote and bull -- Coyote visits elk and fish hawk -- How porcupine went to the plains -- Coyote's trip to the east -- Coyote and fox -- Coyote and fox pretend to be women -- Fox and coyote as shamans -- Coyote and fox run races -- Coyote and grizzly bear -- The five grizzly bear sisters and the five woodpecker brothers -- How the grizzly bear sisters were fooled -- Don't crack the bones -- How coyote killed the grizzly bears -- Coyote kills grizzly bear's sons -- Coyote and women and children -- Coyote and the shadow people -- Bat and coyote -- Cut-out-of belly boy -- Weasel wrestles for a wife -- Coyote marries his daughter -- Coyote and his daughter -- Elbow baby -- Cixcixicim boy -- Warmweather and coldweather -- The disobedient boy -- Frog and crawfish dance -- Coyote visits white mountain -- Sea monster -- How coyote's penis became a dam -- II: A descriptive interpretation of coyote's character -- Coyote and monsters -- Coyote and advisers -- Coyote's interactions with groups -- Coyote and children -- Coyote's relationships with adult female characters -- Coyote's relationships with adult male characters. |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aTales ‡zNorthwest, Pacific. | |
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