Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-FireFrank Bird Linderman
Indian Why Stories: Sparks From War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing explanations of "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped," "How the Otter Skin Became Great Medicine," "How the Man Found His Mate," and "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice." (Summary by Dover Children's Classics)
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23 capítulos
3 h 13 min
- 1 0Dedication, Preface, Introduction, Contents8:36
- 2 0Why the chipmunk's back is striped13:32
- 3 0How the ducks got their fine feathers6:52
- 4 0Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet7:03
- 5 0Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked6:44
- 6 0Old-man remarks the world14:48
- 7 0Why Blackfeet never kill mice7:16
- 8 0How the otter skin became great "medicine"14:20
- 9 0Old-man steals the sun's leggings11:30
- 10 0Old-man and his conscience10:10
- 11 Old-man's treachery8:27
- 12 Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful6:57
- 13 Why the mountain-lion is long and lean13:29
- 14 The fire-leggings5:39
- 15 The moon and the great snake4:40
- 16 Why the deer has no gall5:50
- 17 Why indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes6:35
- 18 Old-man and the fox11:33
- 19 Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark5:54
- 20 Mistakes of old-man3:19
- 21 How the man found his mate6:50
- 22 Dreams9:31
- 23 Retrospection4:12