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Sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis reflect this people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory.

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Sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis reflect this people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory.

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"These stories are not curiosities, dead fairy tales. . . . Yaqui Myths and Legends is the spirit of the land—the living oral tradition of a people." —Journal of Arizona History"Forthright in character, they are often grim, sometimes humorous, occasionally pointing a moral, but primarily entertaining." —Westways"Yaqui Myths And Legends is a compilation of sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis which reflect this Native American people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory and the antiquity and distinctiveness of their customs. These aren't obsolete fairy tales, but vibrant, living expressions of Native American oral tradition and cultural expression." —The Bookwatch"The stories will bring as much joy to youngsters as to grownups." —The Associated Press"Folklore for the interested layman as well as the scholar. Anyone interested in the Greater Southwest, or folklore in general, will find a use for this volume." —Ethnohistory

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780816504671
  • Publisher: University of Arizona Press
  • Publication date: 4/1/1974
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 180
  • Product dimensions: 5.25 (w) x 7.50 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 3
Cultural Setting 5
Yaqui Story Telling 15
The Narrators 21
Yomumuli and the Little Surem People 25
The Ku Bird 28
The Wise Deer 30
Tasi'o Sewa 31
Yuku 32
When Badger Named the Sun 34
Mochomo 35
The Wax Monkey 37
The False Beggar 39
The Stick That Sang 42
The Two Bears 45
The Walking Stone 49
Sun and Moon 52
Five Friends of Takochai 53
The Man Who Became a Buzzard 59
The Snake People 62
Omteme 65
Juan Sin Miedo 67
The Boy Who Became a King 69
Kaiman 78
The Big Bird 81
The Wars Against the Mexicans 88
War Between the Yaquis and the Pimas 91
Peace at Pitahaya 93
Malinero'okai 95
The First Deer Hunter 100
The Death of Kutam Tawi 103
The Flood and the Prophets 106
San Pedro and Cristo 110
Jesucristo and San Pedro 111
Pedro de Ordimales 113
San Pedro and the Devil 114
Father Frog 116
Two Little Lambs 117
Maisoka and Hima'awikia 119
The Cricket and the Lion 120
Grasshopper and Cricket 123
Turtle and Coyote 124
Coyote and Rabbit 126
Heron and Fox 128
The Cat and the Monkey 129
In Rabbit's House 131
Coyote and the Friendly Dogs 132
The Black Horse 133
Duck Hunter 134
Tesak Pascola's Watermelons 135
The Calabazas Funeral 137
Suawaka 138
Topol the Clever 141
Why the Animals Remain Animals 143
Coyote Woman 144
The First Fiesta 145
Bobok 148
The Five Mended Brothers 151
The First Fire 158
The Spirit Fox 160
The Yaqui Doctor 163
The Twins 166
The Snake of the Hill of Nohme 171
Tukawiru 172
Cho'oko Baso 176
References 177
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