CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 29S 



Children's stories: 



Magpietail Boy and his wife 29(> 



SQqgerepove'eng Fights with the Sun 312 



The Old Giant steals S^qgerepove'cng's wife 322 



The Old Giantess and the Brother and Sister Fawns 330 



The Old Giant steals the Elf and is slam 338 



The famine 342 



The two Dove Maiden sisters and the drouth 348 



The two Dove Maiden sisters who became Stars 350 



The woman and the wolf 354 



The Ants 354 



The Sandhill Cranes 358 



A baby is stolen by an Owl 360 



The Sphynx Moth and the Old Coyote 362 



Koyowixolapan fetches fire 364 



The Turkeys and the great flood 370 



The origin of the scalp house 370 



The sunken estufa 372 



The Old Coyote Woman and the Crow visit each other. . 374 

 The Old Coyote Woman, Jackrabbit, and Bluejay grind 



together 376 



The Old Coyote and the three gourds 380 



The Cricket and the Coyote 382 



Folkways : 



Birth customs 388 



Death customs 388 



Tokens of death 392 



A misinterpreted note 392 



Hunting the horses 394 



Rattlesnakes 394 



The buffaloes 396 



The "Our Father" 396 



LIST OF SONGS 



No. 1. Traveling song of the Elf 303 



No. 2. Love song of the Elf 307 



No. 3. Song of the Elf as he is packed along 341 



No. 4. Song of the Elf in the fire 343 



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