Title: Tyendinaga tales /
Authors: Rustige, Rona Nicholson.; Van Der Vlag, Jeri Maracle,
Date: 1988
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical description: xviii, 78 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: A collection of previously unrecorded Mohawk folktales gathered from residents of the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve.
Contents: The creation: The sky world -- The earth world -- The birth of the twin brothers -- The twins create birds -- The rescue of the animals -- Night and day -- The twins battle -- Explanations: The woman in the moon -- Seven brothers -- The celestial bear -- Trading teeth with the beaver -- Animal tales: The song of the birds -- The rabbit -- The bear's tail -- The bat -- Gifts from the creator: The gift of the great spirit -- The gift of the medicine -- How the great spirit made man -- Snow snake.
Subject headings (LCSH): Folklore--Ontario--Tyendinaga Indian Reserve.; Indians of North America--Folklore.; Indians of North America--Ontario--Folklore.; Mohawk Indians--Folklore.; Mohawk Indians--Legends.; Tales--Canada; Tales--Ontario--Tyendinaga Indian Reserve.; Tales--United States