<p>The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections</p>: The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections, Volume 4, North and South America

Cover Page 1 Title Page 4 ISBN 031333787X 5 Contents 6 Introduction to Volume 4 14 NORTH AMERICA 20 NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN 20 ACOMA 22 ORIGIN OF ACOMA 22 ALABAMA 32 ORIGIN OF THE ALABAMA INDIANS 32 RABBIT KILLS BIG MAN-EATER 35 RABBIT AND BIG MAN-EATER 36 ALEUT 38 THE WOMAN WHO WAS FOND OF INTESTINES 38 APACHE 44 ORIGIN OF THE APACHES 44 ORIGIN OF FIRE 46 TALES OF FOX 48 CHEROKEE 52 KANATI AND SELU: THE ORIGIN OF CORN AND GAME 52 ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS 58 THE RATTLESNAKE’S VENGEANCE 61 THE SPIRIT DEFENDERS OF N 62 IKW 62 AS 62 I’ 62 HOW THE DEER OBTAINED HIS HORNS 64 THE RAVEN MOCKER 66 CHEYENNE 69 YOUNG MEN WHO KILLED THE HORNED SERPENT AND RELEASED THE BUFFALO 69 TWO-FACES 72 HOW THE WHITES BECAME RICH 73 CREE 76 LITTLE ONE LEFT ALIVE (CHE-CHE-PUY-EW-TIS) 76 CREEK 82 RABBIT GETS A TURKEY FOR WILDCAT 82 RABBIT STEALS FIRE 83 RABBIT FOOLS ALLIGATOR 84 CROW 86 FAMINE 86 ESKIMO 89 THE BEWITCHED WIVES 89 THE ORIGIN OF THE NARWHAL 91 ORIGIN OF THE ADLET AND THE WHITEMAN 92 WHEN RAVEN WANTED TO MARRY SNOWBIRD AND FLY WITH THE GEESE 94 RECOVERING THE SUN 95 HAIDA 98 STORY OF THE FIN-BACK CREST 98 HOPI 102 HOW THE TWINS VISITED THE SUN 102 HOW THE TWINS KILLED THE GIANT ELK 103 HOW TIYO PUNISHED MAN-EAGLE 104 IROQUOIS 108 GRANDMOTHER O-NE-HA-TAH, MOTHER OO-KWA-E, AND THE LOST BOY 108 GA 113 NA 113 A’S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CHEROKEE 113 THE UNSEEN HELPERS 117 ISLETA 121 THE ANTELOPE BOY 121 THE HERO TWINS 124 THE COYOTE AND THE WOODPECKER 129 LAKOTA 131 THE STONE BOY 131 COYOTE AND THE BUFFALO 135 THE WOMAN WITH A BEAR LOVER 137 NATCHEZ 140 THE TAR BABY 140 NAVAJO 143 NOQO 143 ILPI, THE GAMBLER: A NAVAJO MYTH 143 OJIBWA 149 THE FLOOD 149 BEAR MAIDEN 155 TLINGIT 159 EL: THE MYTH OF RAVEN 159 THE DOOM OF THE KATT-A-QUINS 164 WICHITA 167 THE TWO BOYS WHO SLEW THE MONSTERS AND BECAME STARS 167 NON-NATIVE CULTURES 176 Ethnic 176 AFRICAN AMERICAN 178 GRANDFATHER’S ESCAPE TO FREE HAVEN 178 HOW COME BRER BEAR SLEEP IN THE WINTER 180 HOW COME MR. BUZZARD TO HAVE A BALD HEAD 182 PLAYING GODFATHER 183 WHEN BRER RABBIT WAS PRESIDIN’ ELDER 185 HOW BRER RABBIT PRACTICE MEDICINE 187 BRER RABBIT’S COOL AIR SWING 189 WHY THE PEOPLE TOTE BRER RABBIT FOOT IN THEIR POCKET 191 MR. DEER’S MY RIDING HORSE 192 WHEN BRER RABBIT SAW BRER DOG’S MOUTH SO BRER DOG CAN WHISTLE 194 HOW BRER FOX DREAM HE EAT BRER POSSUM 196 TROUBLE (RABBIT LOSES HIS TAIL) 198 WHEN BRER RABBIT HELP BRER TERRAPIN 199 THE WATCHER TRICKED 201 ’COON IN THE BOX 202 YOUR HORSE STAYS OUTSIDE 204 HOW COME PIGS CAN SEE THE WIND 205 HOW BRER RABBIT BRING DUST OUT OF THE ROCK 206 JACK AND THE BEAN-POLE 208 TABLECLOTH, DONKEY, AND CLUB 210 THE BRIDE OF THE EVIL ONE 212 TRAPPING A HAG 217 SOL LOCKHEART’S CALL 219 POSSESSED OF TWO SPIRITS 221 JACK-O’-MY-LANTERN 224 CAJUN 228 THE WINE, THE FARM, THE PRINCESS AND THE TARBABY 228 THE SACK OF PEAS AND THE MULE 231 ON HORSEBACK 233 JEAN SOT AND THE COWHIDE 234 JEAN SOT FEEDS COWS NEEDLES 236 JEAN SOT KILLS THE DUCK 237 TI JEAN CANNOT TELL A LIE 238 BOUDREAUX AND THE COTTONMOUTH 238 CAJUN COCKFIGHT 239 Regional 242 APPALACHIAN 244 PHOEBE WARD, WITCH 244 THE WITCH AND THE BOILER 245 THE MYSTERIOUS DEER 247 LUCKY JACK 248 THE LION AND THE UNICORN 251 JACK AND THE FIRE DRAGAMAN 255 JACK’S HUNTING TRIP 259 PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN 263 CURES OF A MARYLAND WITCH 263 GHOST LEGENDS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 266 WOLF OF THE GREENWOOD 267 GRANNY STEEL 270 JAKE STRAUSS 270 LAZY MARIA 271 THE SECRET ROOM 274 SOUTHWEST 277 RANGE LIFE IN TEXAS 277 HISTORY OF A BUFFALO HUNTER 283 THE ADAMS DIGGINGS 286 VICTORIO’S RAID 291 ELFEGO BACA 294 THE GHOST PENITENTE 298 CURANDERAS AND BRUJAS 299 WITCH FLIGHTS 302 WITCHES DISCOVERED 303 METEOR HELL! CICERO DONE IT 304 THEM PETRIFIED BUZZARDS 309 SOUTH AMERICA 314 AUROHUAC (COLOMBIAN ARAWAK) 316 TACH THE PROPHET 316 AYMARA 318 THE CREATION 318 MANCO CAPAC 320 THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN 321 TWO SONS OF THE CREATOR 323 CAINGANG (KAINGANG) 325 THE DELUGE 325 CHILE 328 THE GOOD SERPENT 328 INCA 334 VIRACOCHA 334 THE SHEPHERD AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN 338 SURINAME MAROON 343 HOW MAN MADE WOMAN RESPECT HIM 343 ANANSI EATS MUTTON 344 JAUW’S DREAM 346 SNAKE AND HUNTER 348 WARRAU 351 THE ADVENTURES OF KOROROMANNA 351 KOMATARI, THE FIRST MEDICINE MAN 357 THE NIGHT OWL AND HIS BAT BROTHERS-IN-LAW 360 THE EXPLOITS OF KONEHO 361 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 368 BRIBRI 370 HOW THE FIRST BRIBRI INDIANS WERE BORN 370 THE TALE OF OUR DYING AWAY 371 HOW J 372 ABURU ATE THE SEED OF OUR KIN 372 HOW SIB 373 U KILLED S 373 ORKURA 373 MAYA 376 THE MAYA CREATION 376 VUKUB-CAKIX, THE GREAT MACAW 377 THE CALABASH TREE 383 MEXICO 386 TALE OF THE RABBIT 386 THE LONG-LEGS 393 JOHN TIGER 395 GOD 398 CINDER MARY 401 THE STORY OF THE SUN AND THE MOON 403 HOW THE ELVES PUNISHED A QUARRELSOME MAN 406 THE PRIEST AND THE DEVIL 408 HOW THE ELVES PUT A HOLY FATHER AND HIS SACRISTAN TO FLIGHT 410 NAHUA 412 QUETZALCOATL AND TEZCATLIPOCA 412 THE ORIGIN OF THE CALABASH TREE AND THE TOBACCO PLANT 416 THE QUEEN WITH A HUNDRED LOVERS 418 CARIBBEAN 422 African Caribbean 422 ANTIGUA 424 NANCY AND THE HONEY TREE 424 NANCY FOOLS HIS WIFE 426 PLAYING MOURNER 427 WHY RABBIT HAS A SHORT TAIL 429 MR. HARD TIME 430 UNDER THE GREEN OLD OAK TREE 431 BAHAMAS 433 BROTHER RABBIT AN’ BROTHER TAR-BABY 433 BROTHER ELEPHANT AND BROTHER WHALE 436 BROTHER RABBIT, BROTHER BOOKY, AND BROTHER COW 437 THE GIRL AND THE FISH 439 THE BIG WORM 440 JAMAICA 442 THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN 442 ANNANCY AND THE YAM HILLS 443 CUNNIE-MORE-THAN-FATHER 444 ANANSI AND THE LADY IN THE WELL 448 COCK’S BREAKFAST 449 TIGER SOFTENS HIS VOICE 450 THE WITCH AT BOSEN CORNER 453 JACK AND THE DEVIL ERRANT 454 DE STORY OF DE MAN AND SIX POACHED EGGS 458 NativeCaribbean 460 ARAWAK 462 HARIWALI AND THE WONDERFUL TREE 462 THE TIGER CHANGED INTO A WOMAN 465 THE BABRACOTE AND THE CAMUDI 467 HOW WE BEAT THE CARIBS 469 CARIB 472 HOW PAIN, MISERY, AND DEATH CAME INTO THE WORLD 472 HOW THE MAN FOOLED THE TIGER 473 THE SUN, THE FROG, AND THE FIRESTICKS 475 Glossary 478 Bibliography to Volume 4 480 General Bibliography 486 Cumulative Index 496 About the Editor 521