The bedbugs' night dance and other Hopi tales of sexual encounter

ISBN: 0803282397
ISBN: 9780803282391
Physical Description: xxiii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1997.

Book

Lomatuway'ma, Michael. (Added Author). Malotki, Ekkehart, (compiler,, translator,, editor.). Genovese, E. N., (writer of introduction.). Gary, Ken, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A collection of Hopi tales, presented in the original Hopi and in English translation on facing pages, about the mysteries and complexities of sex.

General Note:: "Bison books"--Page [i].

Originally published: Lincoln, NE : Published for Northern Arizona University by the University of Nebraska Press, ©1995.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface ; Introduction: Some comparisons of sexual motifs in Hopi folklore and classical mythology ; The tales: The horned lizard family -- The toothed Lowa woman -- The man-crazed woman -- Bedbug Woman and Louse Woman -- The two Kokopol boys -- The Hehey'as and the Itsivus -- How Maasaw slept with a beautiful maiden -- How the girls competed for a handsome youth -- How the Oraibis got their womenfolk back -- The Navajo widow -- The long Kwasi of Kookopolo -- The bathing women of Shungopavi -- The orphan boy and his wife -- The prayers for rain by the Shungopavi chiefs -- The single women of Oraibi -- The bedbugs' night dance -- The choosy boy -- The rabbit worm and the caterpillar -- The dove and the Navajos ; Appendix I: Glossary ; Appendix II: The Hopi alphabet.
Language Note:: Tales in Hopi and English on opposite pages; introductory and critical matter in English.