Ten Traditional Tellers

1. Vi (taq šeblu) Hilbert: Tradition As Responsibility : Mud Hen Builds A Nest (an Upper Skagit Folktale) ; Lady Louse (an Upper Skagit Folktale) -- 2. Rinjing Dorje: Tibetan Tradition : The Soup (a Personal Story) ; Uncle Tompa Gets A Momo (a Trickster Tale) ; Hot Momo! (a Family Story) ; Uncle Tompa Works As A Porter (a Trickster Tale) ; Eating The Poison ; Moving The Big Rock -- 3. Roberto Carlos Ramos: The Power Of Words : The Monster Maraimbai (brazilian Folktale) ; Cabra Cabrez (brazilian Folktale) -- 4. Phra Inta Kaweewong: Preserving Stories In The Wat : The Three Friends (a Buddhist Teaching Tale) ; The King Who Made Dreams Come True (isaan Folktale Adapted For Sermon) -- 5. Makia Malo: Standing In Front Of Them : The Guava Man (prose Poem, Papakolea) ; The First Time I Killed A Chicken (personal Story, Kalaupapa) -- 6. Won-ldy Paye: A Play Person : The Dancing Boogey-men (a Liberian Anansi Story) -- 7. Léonard Sam: I Try To Tell It Like My Grandfather : The Flying Fox (a Kanak Grandparent's Tale) -- 8. Lela Kiana Oman: They Are Preserved : Mouse, Mouse (an Eskimo Folktale) ; Little Chickadee (an Eskimo Folktale [within Interview]) ; Achuqli (an Eskimo Folktale) -- 9. Peter Pipim: Fill It Up With A Song : Why Ants Carry Bundles Of Things That Are Bigger Than Themselves (asante Folktale) -- 10. Curtis Dupuis: A Family Tradition : Mosquitoes (chehalis Tale, Hazel Pete Family) ; Coyote And The Field Mice (chehalis Tale, Hazel Pete Family) -- 11. Why Do They Tell? -- 12. How Traditional Are These Tellers? Margaret Read Macdonald. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.