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And it is still that way : legends told by Arizona Indian children / collected by Byrd Baylor.

Baylor, Byrd. (Added Author).

Summary:

A collection of traditional tales from the Indians of Arizona, arranged in the categories "Why Animals Are the Way They Are," "Why Our World Is Like It Is," "Great Troubles and Great Heroes," "People Can Turn Into Anything," "Brother Coyote," and "There Is Magic All Around Us."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0938317369
  • ISBN: 9780938317364
  • Physical Description: 83 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Scribner, �1976.
Formatted Contents Note:
Why dogs don't talk anymore -- Why rattlesnake has fangs -- Why coyote isn't blue -- Why bears have short tails -- Why dogs sniff -- How the Papagos got some shade -- How our people came to be -- Why Navajos live in hogans -- Why we have dogs in Hopi villages -- The fourth world of the Hopis -- Why saguaros grow on the south side of sills -- Why birds live in our villages -- How oceans came to be -- The brave mouse -- Eagleman -- How the Yei saved the people -- Mountain spirits -- The maze -- The eagle and the boy -- Do you want to turn into a rabbit? -- Seven Pima stars -- Look up at the stars -- The boy who became a deer -- Coyote gets turkey up a tree -- Coyote has to have his way -- It is not good to sleep on rocks -- Coyote and the money tree -- How Coyote went quail hunting -- The beautiful dream -- When Geronimo sang -- Desert snakes and desert people -- When kachinas sing -- Leave snakes alone -- The power of birds -- Be careful of falling stars -- Apaches live close to nature -- One who had the power of owls -- We are kin to trees.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Arizona > Folklore.
Legends > Arizona.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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