This original & informative collection features animal figures from thirty Hopi tales. Field Mouse, Coyote the Trickster, Cicada & his flute, Medicine Man Badger, the Chipmunk Girls & Antelope Kids, & other manifestations of serpents, insects, & birds appear in these ancient folk tales ...
This original & informative collection features animal figures from thirty Hopi tales. Field Mouse, Coyote the Trickster, Cicada & his flute, Medicine Man Badger, the Chipmunk Girls & Antelope Kids, & other manifestations of serpents, insects, & birds appear in these ancient folk tales, traditionally told in mid-winter, when the nights are long & cold & all the crops are in. Highly entertaining, the narratives reveal attitudes toward important aspects of Hopi culture, such as courtship, relations between the sexes, friendship, courage, industry, healing, & the treatment of children. The editor has compiled & meticulously edited Hopi & English versions of the tales in this bilingual edition. An introduction by a distinguished folklore scholar examines the cultural relevance of Hopi oral narratives & draws upon recent scholarly perspectives on folktales to place the tales within a wider, comparative context.
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