American Indian myths and legends / [electronic resource] / selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Pantheon Books,, c1984.. — xv, 527 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. - Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library.
Series statement from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-525) and index.
Rabbit boy kicked that blood clot around: tales of human creation -- The place of emergence: tales of world creation -- The eye of the great spirit: tales of the sun, moon, and stars -- Ordeals of the hero: monsters and monster slayers -- Counting coup: war and the warrior code -- The sound of flutes: tales of love and lust -- Coyote laughs and cries: trickster tales -- Four legs, two legs, and no legs: stories of animals and other people -- Something whistling in the night: ghosts and the spirit world -- Only the rocks and mountains last forever: visions of the end.
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Folklore. Indian mythology--North America. Indiens--Légendes.--Amérique du Nord Indiens--Religion et mythologie.--Amérique du Nord