Kachina Tales From the Indian PueblosThis collection of American Indian legends was gathered by Gene Meany Hodge from authentic sources in the 1930s and centers around the sacred supernatural personages of the American Pueblo Indians called Kachinas (pronounced Kah-chee-nahs). Mrs. Hodge wrote: “All in all the Kachinas are lovable and kindly supernaturals who bring rain and other blessings to the people.” The legends of the Kachinas are a unifying and cohesive force in the continuance of Native American social history. In these stories, you discover why Kachinas wear feathers, how Tihkuyi created the game animals, why the war chiefs abandoned latiku, how the rattlesnakes came to be what they are and other events from the past. This book makes an ideal companion to “Coyote Tales from the Indian Pueblos,” also published by Sunstone Press. |
Contents
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How BEES LEARNED TO FLY AND How PEACHES BECAME SWEET | 10 |
How THE DEER GOT THEIR RED EYES | 12 |
THE FOSTER CHILD OF THE DEER | 14 |
TIHEI CREATES THE GAME ANIMALS | 21 |
THE KYAILU BEING AND THE DUCK | 24 |
THE RETURN OF THE CORN MAIDS | 29 |
THE CHIRO BIRDS AND THE COYOTE | 41 |
THE WAR CHIEFS ABANDON IATIKU | 42 |
How THE TWIN WAR Gods | 47 |
STOLE THE THUNDERsToNE AND THE LIGHTNINGSHAFT | 48 |
WHY ANTS ARE So THIN | 53 |
How RATTLESNAKES CAME TO BE WHAT THEY | 55 |
NOTES ON THE LEGENDS | 57 |
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animals antelope asked Badger Bear became Bee Woman began Bird Woman boy chief brother called carried Centipede ceremony child Chiros Cock Corn Maids Coyote cried cure dance Deer Children Deer Mother Deer Woman Duck eagle feathers Eagle lived eyes fire flew Flower Mound fly four days Hawikuh head heard hole Hopi Horned Toad Humming Bird youth hunt hunters I<'yaklu Iatiku K'yaklu killed kiva Koyemashi ladder legends light lightning-shaft little boy lived looking loved maiden Masawi masked gods masks Masou meat medicine bowl medicine-men middle morning mountain Mouse mouth Newekwe old grandmother Old Wolf Woman Pautiwa peaches prayer-sticks priest Pueblo Indians rabbits Rainbow Worm Rattlesnake sacred clowns Sacred Lake Shalako shells singing sitting Snake snow Sun Father tail Taw-Kaw-Kaw Tewa thunder thunder-stone Tihkuyi told took Twin War Gods ugly young village Whipping Kachinas Witch Boy Wolf Children Zuni Indians