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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Nez Percé Indians > Folklore.
Nez Percé mythology.
Coyote (Legendary character)
Tricksters.
Tales > Northwest, Pacific.