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The Zunis; self-portrayals

The storyteller has occupied an honored place among the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. It is he who has had the vital task of transmitting and enriching the legends and myths, moral and religious fables and historical accounts of the tribe, thus insuring the continuity of the Zuni culture and identity. As the selections in this book vividly testify, this storytelling tradition has remained alive and strong to the present day.

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  • "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."
  • "The storyteller has occupied an honored place among the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. It is he who has had the vital task of transmitting and enriching the legends and myths, moral and religious fables and historical accounts of the tribe, thus insuring the continuity of the Zuni culture and identity. As the selections in this book vividly testify, this storytelling tradition has remained alive and strong to the present day."@en
  • "Now back in print after more than thirty years, <em>The Zunis: Self-Portrayals</em> offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico."@en
  • "Now back in print after more than thirty years, <em>The Zunis: Self-Portrayals</em> offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico."

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  • "Legends"
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  • "Folklore"@en
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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Translations"
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  • "The Zunis; self-portrayals"@en
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  • "The Zunis : self-portrayals"
  • "The Zunis : Self-Portrayals"
  • "The Zunis self-portrayals"
  • "˜Theœ Zunis Self-Portrayals"
  • "The Zunis: self-portrayals"

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