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Seneca Myths and Folk Tales

by Arthur C. Parker. 468 pgs.

Contributors:

   Arthur C. Parker

Publisher:

   University of Nebraska Press

Place of Publication:

  Lincoln, NE  

Publication Year:

  1989

Subjects:

Seneca Indians--Folklore, Indians Of North America--New York (State)--Folklore

	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION TO THE BISON BOOK EDITION	xi
	FOREWORD	xix
	INTRODUCTION	xxiii
I.	FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS IN SENECA FOLK LORE	1
	BASIC PREMISES	3
	GODS, MAJOR SPIRITS AND FOLK-BEASTS	5
	NATURE BEINGS	10
	MAGIC BEASTS AND BIRDS	16
	MAGICAL MAN-LIKE BEINGS	18
II.	THEMES AND MATERIALS	23
	STEREOTYPED OBJECTS AND INCIDENTS	27
	COMPONENTS OF THE COSMOLOGICAL MYTH	33
III.	THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE LEGENDS WERE TOLD	37
IV.	WHEN THE WORLD WAS NEW	57
1.	HOW THE WORLD BEGAN	59
2.	THE BROTHERS WHO CLIMBED INTO THE SKY	74
3.	THE DEATH PANTHER	78
4.	THE GREAT BEAR CONSTELLATION	81
5.	THE SEVEN BROTHERS OF THE STAR CLUSTER	83
6.	THE SEVEN STAR DANCERS	86
7.	THE COMING OF SPRING	88
8.	THE COMING OF DEATH	92
V.	BOYS WHO DEFIED MAGIC AND OVERCAME IT	95
9.	ORIGIN OF FOLK STORIES	97
10.	THE FORBIDDEN ARROW AND THE QUILT OF MEN'S EYES	101
11.	CORN GRINDER, THE GRANDSON	108
12.	HE-GOES-TO-LISTEN	116
13.	HAHTONDAS, THE LISTENER, FINDS A WIFE	122
14.	THE ORIGIN OF THE CHESTNUT TREE	128
15.	DIVIDED BODY RESCUES A GIRL	133
16.	THE ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO SOCIETY	137
17.	THE BOY WHO COULD NOT UNDERSTAND	142
18.	THE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE BEARS	147
19.	THE SEVENTH SON	154
20.	THE BOY WHO OVERCAME ALL MAGIC BY LAUGHTER	159
VI.	TALES OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE	171
21.	TWO FEATHERS AND TURKEY BROTHER	173
22.	TWO FEATHERS AND WOODCHUCK LEGGINGS	184
23.	TURKEY BOY SQUEEZED THE HEARTS OF SORCERERS	200
24.	CORN RAINS INTO EMPTY BARRELS	205
25.	TWENTGOWA AND THE MISCHIEF MAKER	208
26.	THE HORNED SERPENT RUNS AWAY WITH A GIRL	218
27.	THE GREAT SERPENT AND THE YOUNG WIFE	223
28.	BUSHY HEAD THE BEWITCHED WARRIOR	228
29.	THE FLINT CHIP THROWER	235
VII.	HORROR TALES OF CANNIBALS AND SORCERERS:
30.	THE DUEL OF THE DREAM TEST	241
31.	THE VAMPIRE SIRENS	253
32.	YOUNGER BROTHER ELUDES HIS SISTER-IN-LAW	262
33.	THE ISLAND OF THE CANNIBAL	269
34.	THE TWELVE BROTHERS AND THE WRAITH	278
35.	THE CANNIBAL AND HIS NEPHEW	284
36.	A YOUTH'S DOUBLE ABUSES HIS SISTER	290
37.	MURDERED DOUBLE SPEAKS THROUGH FIRE	293
38.	THE VAMPIRE CORPSE	298
VIII.	TALES OF TALKING ANIMALS:
39.	THE MAN WHO EXHALED FIRE	303
40.	THE TURTLE'S WAR PARTY	305
41.	THE RACE OF THE TURTLE AND THE BEAVER	309
42.	THE WOLF AND THE RACCOON	312
43.	THE CHIPMUNK'S STRIPES	314
44.	THE RABBIT SONG	315
45.	THE RABBIT GAMBLER	317
46.	THE RACCOON AND THE CRABS	319
47.	THE CRAB'S EYES	321
48.	HOW THE SQUIRREL GAVE A BLANKET, ETC.	322
49.	THE CHICKADEE'S SONG	325
50.	THE BIRD WOMAN	326
51.	THE PARTRIDGE'S SONG	328
IX.	TALES OF GIANTS, PYGMIES AND MONSTER BEARS:
52.	A TALE OF THE DJOGEON OR PYGMIES	331
53.	BEYOND-THE-RAPIDS AND THE STONE GIANT	334
54.	THE ANIMATED FINGER	337

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