Description
Now back in print after more than thirty years, The Zunis: Self-Portrayals offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Selected by the Zuni people themselves, the tales told here preserve their cultural traditions--from the Zuni creation myth and the rituals of masked dances to farming and hunting practices and battles with Navajos and Apaches. There are tales about ghosts and personified animals, and fables told to discipline children or to warn them against foolhardy bravery and braggadocio. Some of the stories are moral fables, and some are intended as entertainment pure and simple, tales told by a skillful narrator to pass a long evening.
Author: The Zuni People
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 02/15/2015
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780826302533
ISBN10: 082630253X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Native American Studies