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Walapai (Hualapai), a language of the Yuman group (Hokan stock), is spoken in northern Arizona. The volume contains texts of various genres - mythical tales, stories from everyday life, oral histories - which were collected by the author in the late '50s and early '60s. The texts are presented in a morphologically analyzed form and are provided with full translations.
| Preface | p. 3 |
| References | p. 5 |
| List of abbreviations | p. 6 |
| Tales of a mythical past | |
| The origin of the tribes | p. 7 |
| Coyote and his daughter | p. 30 |
| Coyote and his daughter | p. 39 |
| Wolf and Coyote hunting | p. 56 |
| Coyote cooks bean mush | p. 73 |
| Wolf's Son | p. 77 |
| Fox and Cottontail (Giant Bird) | p. 106 |
| The bear and his two wives | p. 117 |
| Bear's instructions for the sweat lodge | p. 123 |
| The children and the woman turned into stone | p. 125 |
| Tales and songs of human life | |
| Yellow Land - a song | p. 134 |
| Song of a woman - Married in a strange place | p. 135 |
| Song of the Supai woman | p. 138 |
| A man wants another wife | p. 140 |
| Trouble with mother-in-law | p. 143 |
| The torn coyote shawl | p. 149 |
| The reluctant suitor | p. 152 |
| Lullaby | p. 155 |
| Oral histories | |
| The early years of the life of Tim McGee | p. 157 |
| Tim McGee's life - long version | p. 166 |
| The life of Kate Crozier, as told by himself | p. 182 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9783110163353
ISBN-10: 3110163357
Series: Native American Texts S.
Audience:
Professional
For Ages: 22+ years old
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 215
Published: 1998
Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 15.5
x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.532
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