Heroes & heroines, monsters & magic
Subtitle: native American legends and folktales
By: as told by Joseph Bruchac.
Publisher: Crossing Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Freedom, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Folklore; Folklore -- North America; Animals -- Folklore; Iroquois Indians -- Folklore
Genres: Folklore.
Other titles: Heroes and heroines, monsters and magic
Description: Native American legends and folktales from the traditions of the People of the Long House, the Haudenausaunee.
Table of contents: title: I will now tell a story; title: The coming of legends; title: The creation; title: The two brothers; title: The boy who live with the bears; title: How bear lost his tail; title: Chipmunk and bear; title: The gifts of the little people; title: Three tales about turtle; title: Turtle's race with beaver; title: Turtle's race with bear; title: Turtle makes war on men; title: How buzzard got his feathers; title: Rabbit and the willow tree; title: Raccoon and the crayfish; title: Rabbit and fox; title: The hungry fox and the boastful suitor; title: The dogs who saved their master; title: Battle with the snakes; title: The two-headed snake; title: The story of Okteondon or the workers of evil; title: The two daughters; title: The girl who was not satisfied with simple things; title: The vampire skeleton; title: The stone coat woman; title: The wife of Thunderer; title: Four Iroquois hunters; title: Skunny-Wundy and the Stone Giant; title: Hodadenon: the last one left and the chestnut tree; title: The brave woman and the flying head; title: The hunting of the great bear; title: Naho.