American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends) - Softcover

Erdoes, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140277714 ISBN 13: 9780140277715

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world through the centuries - courageous heroes, scary monsters, rapturous virgins - it's the Trickster who provides the real spark in the action. And nowhere is he more central to the story than in Native American folklore. This book covers the entire North American continent, with more than one hundred tales from fifty-five tribes. You'll encounter the rascally and irascible Coyote, master thief and insatiable lover of the Southwest; lktomi the shape-shifting Spider-Man of the Lakota: Veeho, the Cheyenne daredevil; and Glooskap of the Passamaquoddy. You'll read tale cycles from the Eastern seaboard, the Great Lakes, the mountains, and the plains. It is a volume of traditional wit and wisdom that represents the best of folkloric sources of the last two centuries and a bounty of unpublished tales recorded by the authors from contemporary storytellers.

About this title

Synopsis:

American Indian Trickster Tales includes more than one hundred stories from sixty tribes many from living storytellers, which are illustrated with lively and evocative drawings. These entertaining tales can be enjoyed by readers of any age and will entrance folklorists, anthropologists, lovers of American literature and fans of both Joseph Campbell and the Brothers Grimm.

About the Author:

Richard Erdoes is an illustrator, photographer, and author of over twenty books on the American West, including the classics Lame Deer and Lakota Woman. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140277714
• ISBN 13: 9780140277715
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Ortiz Alfonso
• Illustrator: Erdoes Richard