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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Introduction
  4. Zuni Folktales
    1. The Trial of Lovers
      1. (Told the First Night)
      2. (Told the Second Night)
    2. The Youth and His Eagle
    3. The Poor Turkey Girl
    4. How the Summer Birds Came
    5. The Serpent of the Sea
      1. Note
      2. The Tale
    6. The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks
    7. The Foster-Child of the Deer
    8. The Boy Hunter Who Never Sacrificed to the Deer He Had Slain
    9. How Áhaiyúta and Mátsailéma Stole the Thunder-Stone and the Lightning-Shaft
    10. The Warrior Suitor of Moki
    11. How the Corn-Pests Were Ensnared
    12. The Coyote Who Killed the Demon Síuiuki
    13. How the Coyotes Tried to Steal the Children of the Sacred Dance
    14. The Coyote and the Beetle
    15. How the Coyote Danced with the Blackbirds
    16. How the Turtle Out Hunting Duped the Coyote
    17. The Coyote and the Locust
    18. The Coyote and the Ravens Who Raced Their Eyes
    19. The Prairie-Dogs and Their Priest, the Burrowing-Owl
    20. How the Gopher Raced with the Runners of Kʻiákime
    21. How the Rattlesnakes Came to Be What They Are
    22. How the Corn-Pests Were Ensnared
    23. Jackrabbit and Cottontail
    24. The Rabbit Huntress and Her Adventures
    25. The Ugly Wild Boy Who Drove the Bear Away from Southeastern Mesa
    26. The Revenge of the Two Brothers on the Háwikuhkwe, or the Two Little Ones and Their Turkeys
    27. The Young Swift-Runner Who Was Stripped of His Clothing by the Aged Tarantula
    28. Átahsaia, the Cannibal Demon
    29. The Hermit Mítsina
    30. How the Twins of War and Chance, Áhaiyúta and Mátsailéma, Fared with the Unborn-Made Men of the Underworld
      1. Translator’s Introduction
      2. Zuni Introduction
      3. The Tale
    31. The Cock and the Mouse
      1. Note
      2. Italian Version
      3. Zuni Version
    32. The Giant Cloud-Swallower
      1. Translator’s Introduction
      2. The Tale
    33. The Maiden the Sun Made Love To, and Her Boys
  5. Endnotes
  6. Colophon
  7. Uncopyright

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  1. Zuni Folktales
  2. Endnotes