Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians

Name: Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians
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ISBN: 9780803286030

ISBN-10: 0803286031

ISBN-13: 9780803286030

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: Morris E. Opler, Scott Rushforth

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The publication ofMyths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indiansby the American Folk-Lore Society in 1938 illustrated the richness of the material on the tribes of the Southwest. Still a treasure-house of information, it appears with a new introduction and for the first time in paperback. nbsp; Morris Edward Opler based his pioneering work on the accounts of Jicarilla men and women born in the nineteenth century. In a preface he explains that the stories, sacred and profane, were meant to be told on winter nights. The book takes up the creation of the universe, the birth of Killer-of-Enemies and Child-of-the-Water, the slaying of monsters, and the Hactcin ceremony. Other myths center on…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 12/28/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 407
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298



Sources of American Indian Oral Literature


Introduction To The Bison Book Edition


Selected Bibliography


Preface



Origin Myth Exploits of the Culture Heroes Tales Concerning Events Referred To in the Origin Myth



Introduction



the Origin of the Hactcin Ceremony



Myths Relating to Agriculture And Rain



the Origin of Games and Artifacts



Myths Connected with Hunting Ritual and Encounters with Supernatural Animals



the Coyote Cycle Stories of Animals and Birds


Introduction



Stories of Foolish People Unfaithfulness, and Perversion



Monstrous Enemy Stories



Stories of the Winning of Wives



Miscellaneous


Index


In The Sources Of American Indian Oralliterature Series