Zuni Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing

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Zuni Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing was first published in 1901. It is a collection of thirty-three tales from the Zuñi; a Southwest American Indian nation whose spiritual beliefs center around elaborate ceremonies for fertility and rain, comprised of a yearly cycle of ritual dances by masked dancing gods called Kachinas. Chapters include: The Trial Of Lovers: Or The Maiden Of Matsaki And The Red Feather; The Youth And His Eagle; The Poor Turkey Girl; How The Summer Birds Came; The Serpent Of The Sea; The Maiden Of The Yellow Rocks; The Foster-Child Of The Deer; The Boy Hunter Who Never Sacrificed To The Deer He Had Slain: Or The Origin Of The Society Of Rattlesnakes; How Ahaiyuta And Matsailema Stole The Thunder-Stone And The Lightning-Shaft; The Warrior Suitor Of Moki; and many more.

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