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The Zunis: Self-Portrayals
The Zuni People
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Description for The Zunis: Self-Portrayals
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Quam, Alvina. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826302533
SKU
V9780826302533
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