NMAI copy 39088019860931 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
Coyote and Porcupine / Iisawniqw Muungyaw -- Coyote and Water Serpent / Iisawniqw Paaloloqangw -- Coyote and Badger / Iisawniqw Honani -- Coyote and the Spiders / Iisawniqw Kookookyangwkt -- Coyote and Wren / Iisawniqw Tutsvo -- Coyote and the Blue Jays / Iisawniqw A'aat -- Coyote and Crow / Iisawniqw Angwusi -- Coyote and the Turkeys / Iisawniqw Kokoyongkt -- Coyote and Little Bird / Iisawniqw Tsirooya -- Coyote and the Bird Girls / Iisawniqw Tsiromamant -- Coyote and Grasshopper / Iisawniqw Tootolo -- Coyote and Cicada / Iisawniqw Maahu -- Coyote and the Cowboy / Iisawniqw Wakaslalayqa -- Coyote and the Navajo / Iisawniqw Tasavu -- Coyote on a Salt Expedition / Iisaw Ongmokto -- Coyote and Pavayoykyasi / Iisawniqw Pavayoykyasi -- The Coyote Chain / Ii'ist Naahahayya -- Coyote Learns Sorcery / Iisaw Powaqvaki -- Coyote and the So'yoko Ogre / Iisawniqw So'yoko -- Coyote and the Korowiste Kachinas / Iisaw Korowistemuy Walpeq Tsamva -- Coyote Boy Marries a Girl from Musangnuvi / Iistiyo Musangnupnomata
Summary:
This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi transcriptions on facing pages and a bilingual glossary. Hopi Coyote Tales is important to an understanding of the Hopi language and folklore. To nomadic hunters such as the Navajo, who competed with him on the open range, Coyote was by turns a formidable trickster, a demonic witchperson, and a god. As sedentary planters, the Hopis tended to reduce Coyote to the level of a laughable fool. In these tales Coyote is a friendly bumbler whose mistakes teach listeners what tricks to avoid. Time after time he is hurt or killed for failing to understand a situation correctly. The collection is as amusing as animal fables should be, as simply told, and as instructive. Published as a companion volume to Father Berard Haile's Navajo Coyote Tales, Hopi Coyote Tales is a valuable contribution to cross-cultural studies.
