Skunny Wundy
Subtitle: Seneca Indian tales
By: Arthur C. Parker ; illustrated by George Armstrong ; with a foreword by Joseph Bruchac ; with an introduction by George R. Hamell.
Edition: Syracuse University Press ed.
Series: The Iroquois and their neighbors
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Seneca Indians -- Folklore
Notes: Originally published: Skunny Wundy and other Indian tales. New York : George H. Doran, [c1926].
Table of contents: title: The one who listened / Joseph Bruchac -- Gawaso Wanneh -- Introduction -- George R. Hamell -- From the introduction to the first edition -- Skunny Wundy tricks Old Fox -- How fox and raccoon tricked one another -- Raccoon and the three roasting geese -- How the wood duck got his red eyes and Sojy had his coat spoiled -- Wink, the lazy bird, and the red fox -- Why Ted-Oh, the woodchuck, climbs a tree -- How Joeagah, the raccoon, ate the crabs -- The owl’s big eyes -- The woeful tale of long tail rabbit and long tail lynx -- How the rabbit’s lip was split -- Oseedah, the rabbit gambler -- How Chief Bear lost his tail -- The buffalo and the mean old bear -- The porcupine’s quills -- The mink and the eagle -- The box tortoise’s shell -- How the bluebird gained the color of the sky and the gray wolf gained and lost it -- Turtle gains a long neck and reveals that he is good for soup -- How the conifers flaunt the promise of spring -- The turtle’s war party -- How turtle won the race with beaver -- Turtle runs a race with bear -- The grand sagamore who wandered afar -- The buffalo’s hump and the brown birds -- Toad brother’s warts and the peeper’s peep -- How moose and turkey scalped the giants -- Weasel and old snowy owl -- The ghost of the great white stag.