Hopi Animal Tales (English and Central American Indian Languages Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803231997 ISBN 13: 9780803231993

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1998

Synopsis

This original and informative collection features animal figures from thirty Hopi tales. Field Mouse, Coyote the Trickster, Cicada and his flute, Medicine Man Badger, the Chipmunk Girls and Antelope Kids, and other manifestations of serpents, insects, and birds appear in these ancient folk tales, traditionally told in mid-winter, when the nights are long and cold and all the crops are in. Highly entertaining, the narratives reveal attitudes toward important aspects of Hopi culture, such as courtship, relations between the sexes, friendship, courage, industry, healing, and the treatment of children.

Ekkehart Malotki has compiled and meticulously edited Hopi and English versions of the tales in this bilingual edition. An introduction by the distinguished folklore scholar Barre Toelken examines the cultural relevance of Hopi oral narratives and draws upon recent scholarly perspectives on folktales to place the tales within a wider, comparative context.

About this title

About the Author:

Ekkehart Malotki is a professor of languages at Northern Arizona University. He is the editor and compiler of The Bedbugs’ Night Dance and Other Hopi Tales of Sexual Encounter (Nebraska 1995) and Hopi Ruin Legends (Nebraska 1993).

Language Notes:

Text: English

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0803231997
• ISBN 13: 9780803231993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: Lomatuway'Ma Michael, Lomatuway'Ma Lorena, Namingha Sidney, Malotki Ekkehart