The Red Swan: Myths and Tales of the American IndiansJohn Bierhorst Contains myths and tales from tribes such as the Mbaya, Yuki, Uitoto, Pit River, Omaha, Aztec, Jicarilla Apache, Okanagon, Nunviak Eskimo, Central Eskimo, Diegueno, Anambe, Tenetehara, Coos, Zuni, Seneca, Warrau, Hidatsa, Kwakiutl, Mohawk, Arapaho, Menominee, Yamana, Navajo, Tsimshian, Quechua, Greenland Eskimo, Smith Sound Eskimo, Blackfoot, Maya, Cheyenne, Crow, Mundurucu, Upper Cowlitz, Chippewa, Alabama, Onondaga, Makah, Quileute, Shawnee, Kamaiura, Iowa, Bororo, and Micmac. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
THE DREAM FATHER | 35 |
FROM THE BODY OF OUR MOTHER | 47 |
THE LURE OF THE SERPENT | 63 |
A GIFT OF HONEY | 89 |
TALES OF WAR | 109 |
WINTER AND SPRING | 137 |
THE BIRTH OF THE HERO | 153 |
COMEDY OF HORRORS | 199 |
JAGUAR AND FOX | 215 |
GHOSTS | 227 |
TALES OF THE WHITE MAN | 243 |
MYTHS OF RETURNING LIFE | 261 |
DEATH AND BEYOND | 275 |
Notes | 314 |
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THE HERO AS PROVIDER | 165 |
THE HERO AS DELIVERER | 183 |
Glossary of Tribes Cultures and Languages | 381 |
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Common terms and phrases
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