Myths and traditions of the Crow Indians,
Beginning in 1907, the anthropologist Robert H. Lowie visited the Crow Indians at their reservation in Montana. He listened to tales that for many generations had been told around campfires in winter. Vivid tales of Old-Man-Coyote in his various guises; heroic accounts of Lodge-Boy and the Thunderbi...
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New York,
1918
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| Series: | Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History
v. 25, pt. 1 Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 25, pt. 1 Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History v. 25, pt. 1 |
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Table of Contents:
- Old-Man-Coyote Cycle: The origin of the Earth and man ; Old-Man-Coyote and Cī r̀`apeʹ ; Day and night ; Red-Woman and Old-Man-Coyote's wife ; The origin of the joking-relationship ; Old-Man-Coyote's visit to the Crow Indians ; Old-Man-Coyote and the whirlwind ; The hoodwinked birds ; Old-Man-Coyote and Porcupine ; Old-Man-Coyote and Rabbit ; Old-Man-Coyote tries to fly ; The bungling host ; Old-Man-Coyote and his daughters ; Old-Man-Coyote and the mouse ; Old-Man-Coyote and the berrying girls ; Old-Man-Coyote and the box-elder ; Old-Man-Coyote as the false suitor ; Old-Man-Coyote, the turnip, and the beavers ; Old-Man-Coyote and his mother-in-law