American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)

Over One Hundred Stories On Indian Tricksters. The Characters Include Coyote, A Master Thief And Insatiable Lover: Iktomi, A Shapeshifting Lakota Spiderman; And Veeho, The Cheyenne Daredevil. Introduction -- Part One. Coyote Creates The World- And A Few Other Things. The Beginning Of The World (yokuts) -- Sun And Moon In A Box (zuni) -- Coyote Steals The Sun (miwok) -- Origin Of The Moon And The Sun (kalispel) -- How People Were Made (miwok) -- Coyote Steals The Summer (crow) -- Coyote And Eagle Visit The Land Of The Dead (yakima) -- Coyote Steals Fire (klamath) -- Coyote Kills Terrible Monster (salish) -- The Seven Devils Mountains (nez Perce) -- Part Two. Up To No Good. Coyote Taunts The Grizzly Bear (kutenai) -- How Locust Tricked Coyote (zuni) -- Coyote-giving (paiute) -- Putting A Saddle On Coyote's Back (northern Pueblo) -- A Satisfying Meal (hopi) -- A Strong Heart (arikara) -- Better Luck Next Time (hopi) -- Long Ears Outsmarts Coyote (pueblo) -- Old Man Coyote And The Buffalo (crow) -- Coyote And Bobcat Have Their Faces Done (ute) -- The Adventures Of A Meatball (comanche) -- Coyote Gets Stuck (shasta) -- Anything But Piñon Pitch! (navajo) --^ Fat, Grease, And Berries (crow) -- Don't Be Too Curious (lakota) -- Part Three. Coyote's Amorous Adventures. Coyote's Amorous Adventures (shasta) -- Two Rascals And Their Wives (pueblo) -- Coyote Sleeps With His Own Daughters (southern Ute) -- Old Man Coyote Meets Coyote Woman (blackfoot) -- Coyote And Fox Dress Up (nez Perce) -- Coyote And The Girls (karok And Yurok) -- Coyote Keeps His Dead Wife's Genitals (lipan Apache) -- The Toothed Vagina (yurok) -- Something Fishy Going On (athapascan) -- Where Do Babies Come From? (karuk) -- Winyan-shan Upside Down (sioux) -- Part Four. The Trouble With Rose Hips. Coyote, Skunk, And The Beavers (wichita) -- Monster Skunk Farting Everyone To Death (cree) -- Coyote Sells A Burro That Defecates Money (lipan Apache) -- Coyote The Credulous (taos) -- The Trouble With Rose Hips (lipan Apache) -- Part Five. Iktomi The Spider Man. Seven Toes (assiniboine) -- Tricking The Trickster (sioux) -- Iktomi And The Man-eating Monster (lakota) --^ Iktomi, Flint Boy, And The Grizzly (lakota) -- Iktomi And The Buffalo Calf (assiniboine) -- Ikto's Grandchild Defeats Siyoko (rosebud Sioux) -- The Cheater Cheated (lakota) -- The Spider Cries Wolf (rosebud Sioux) -- Tit For Tat (omaha) -- Iktomi Takes Back A Gift (rosebud Sioux) -- Iktomi And The Wild Ducks (minneconjou Sioux) -- Iktomi Trying To Outrace Beaver (santee) -- Too Smart For His Own Good (sioux) -- Part Six. Spider-man In Love. Oh, It's You! (lakota) -- Too Many Women (lakota) -- Forbidden Fruit (lakota And Rosebud Sioux) -- The Spiders Give Birth To The People (arikara) -- The Winkte Way (omaha) -- Part Seven. The Veeho Cycle. He Has Been Saying Bad Things About You (northern Cheyenne) -- The Possible Bag (northern Cheyenne) -- Hair Loss (northern Cheyenne) -- Brother, Sharpen My Leg! (cheyenne) -- Veeho Has His Back Scraped (northern Cheyenne) -- He Sure Was A Good Shot (cheyenne) -- The Only Man Around (northern Cheyenne) --^ Part Eight. The Nixant And Sitconski Cycles. When The People Were Wild (gros Ventre) -- The Talking Penis (gros Ventre) -- Hairy Legs (gros Ventre) -- Sitconski And The Buffalo Skull (assiniboine) -- She Refused To Have Him (assiniboine) -- Ni'hancan And Whirlwind Woman (arapaho) -- Ni'hancan And The Race For Wives (arapaho) -- Part Nine. Magical Master Rabbit. Little Rabbit Fights The Sun (ute) -- The Long Black Stranger (omaha) -- Why The Possum's Tail Is Bare (cherokee) -- Rabbit Escapes From The Box (creek) -- Rabbit And Possum On The Prowl (cherokee) --tar Baby (biloxi) -- Don't Believe What People Tell You (san Ildefonso Or San Juan) -- Part Ten. Nanabozho And Whiskey Jack. Nanabozho And The Fish Chief (great Lakes Tribes) -- Why We Have To Work So Hard Making Maple Sugar (menomini) -- Who Is Looking Me In The Face? (menomini) -- Why Women Have Their Moon-time (menomini) -- Whiskey Jack Wants To Fly (cree And Metis) -- Wesakaychak, The Windigo, And The Ermine (cree And Metis) --^ Part Eleven. Old Man Napi Chooses A Wife. Choosing Mates (blackfoot) -- Napi Races Coyote For A Meal (blackfoot) -- Magic Leggings (blackfoot) -- Part Twelve. Glooskap The Great. How The Lord Of Men And Beasts Strove With The Mighty Wasis And Was Shamefully Defeated (penobscot) -- Glooskap Turns Men Into Rattlesnakes (passamaquoddy) -- Kuloskap And The Ice-giants (passamaquoddy) -- Questions, Questions (passamaquoddy) -- A New Way To Travel (micmac) -- Glooskap Grants Four Wishes (micmac) -- A Puff Of His Pipe (micmac) -- Part Thirteen. Skeleton Man. While The Gods Snored (hopi) -- How Masaaw Slept With A Beautiful Maiden (hopi) -- Scared To Death (hopi) -- Part Fourteen. Raven Lights The World. Hungry For Clams (hoh And Quileute) -- Give It Back! Give It Back! (haida) -- Raven Steals The Moon (haida) -- Yehl, The Lazy One (haida) -- Raven And His Slave (tsimshian) -- A Lousy Fisherman (haida) -- Raven Lights The World (tlingit) -- Appendix -- Sources -- Index Of Tales. Selected And Edited By Richard Erdoes And Alfonso Ortiz. Originally Published: 1998. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [285]-293) And Index.