Title: Zuñi folk tales /
Authors: Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Zuni Indians Folklore; Zuni Indians Folklore.; Indians of North America New Mexico Folklore.
Contents: Trial of lovers : or the maiden of Matsaki and the red feather -- Youth and his eagle -- Poor turkey girl -- How the summer birds came -- Serpent of the sea -- Maiden of the Yellow Rocks -- Foster-child of the deer -- Boy hunter who never sacrificed to the deer he had slain : or the origin of the Society of Rattlesnakes -- How Ahaiyuta and Matsailema stole the thunder-stone and the lightning shaft -- Warrior suitor of Moki -- How the Coyote joined the dance of the burrowing owls -- Coyote who killed the demon Siuiuki : or why coyotes run their noses into deadfalls -- How the coyotes tried to steal the children of the sacred dance -- Coyote and the beetle -- How the coyote danced with the blackbirds -- How the turtle out hunting duped the coyote -- Coyote and the locust -- Coyote and the ravens who raced their eyes -- Prairie dogs and their priest, the burrowing owl -- How the gopher raced with the Runners of Kaikime -- How the rattlesnakes came to be what they are -- How the corn-pests were ensnared -- Jack-rabbit and cottontail -- Rabbit huntress and her adventures -- Ugly wild boy who drove the bear away from Southeastern Mesa -- Revenge of the two brothers on the Hawikuhkwe, or the Two Little Ones and their turkeys -- Young swift runner who was stripped of his clothing by the aged tarantula -- Atahsaia, the cannibal demon -- Hermit Mitsina -- How the twins of war and chance, Ahaiyuta and Matsailema fared with the unborn-made men of the Underworld -- Cock and the mouse -- Giant cloud-swallower -- Maiden the sun made love to, and her boys; or the origin of anger.