Indian tales from Picuris Pueblo

Childrens Stories, Collected By John P. Harrington From Rosenda Vargas. Magpietail Boy And His Wife -- Sengerepove'ena Fights With The Sun -- The Old Giant Steals Sengerepove'ena's Wife -- The Old Giantess And The Brother And Sister Fawns -- The Old Giant Steals The Elf And Is Slain -- The Famine -- The Two Dove Maiden Sisters And The Drouth -- The Two Dove Maiden Sisters Who Became Stars -- The Woman And The Wolf -- The Ants -- The Sandhill Cranes -- A Baby Is Stolen By An Owl -- The Sphynx Moths And The Old Coyote -- Koyowixelapan Fetches Fire -- The Turkeys And The Great Flood -- The Origin Of The Scalp House -- The Sunken Estufa -- The Old Coyote Woman And The Crow Visit Each Other -- Old Coyote Woman, Jackrabbit, And Bluejay Grind Together -- The Old Coyote And The Three Gourds -- The Cricket And The Coyote -- Folkways, Collected By John P. Harrington From Rosenda Vargas. Birth Customs -- Death Customs -- Tokens Of Death -- A Misinterpreted Note -- Hunting The Horses -- Rattlesnakes -- The Buffaloes. Collected By John P. Harrington ; With Musical Transcriptions By Helen H. Roberts ; Edited By Marta Weigle. Originally Published: Picurís Children's Stories, With Texts And Songs. Washington : Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, 1928. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 102-104).

Authors : Harrington, John Peabody., Roberts, Helen Heffron, Weigle, Marta.

Publisher : Ancient City Press

Published Year : 1989

Edition : 1

Format : print - Paperback, 104 pages

Subject : Tiwa mythology, Tiwa Indians--Religion, Tiwa Indians--Folklore, Legends, Legends--New Mexico--Picuris, Tiwa Indians--Social life and customs, Folklore, Folklore--New Mexico--Picuris, Social life and customs, E99.P575 P53 1989, 398.2/089974078953

Language : English

Dimensions : vi, 104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

ISBN : 0941270505

ISBN13 : 9780941270502