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American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)
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American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends) Paperback - 1999

by Erdoes, Richard; Ortiz, Alfonso

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From the authors of the bestselling "American Indian Myths and Legends" comes a rich and ribald collection of Native American folklore featuring the mischievous "trickster" of oral tradition. Line drawings.

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  • Title American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)
  • Author Erdoes, Richard; Ortiz, Alfonso
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition unknown
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, London
  • Date 1999-03-01
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0140277714-11-1
  • ISBN 9780140277715 / 0140277714
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.77 x 5.13 x 0.63 in (19.74 x 13.03 x 1.60 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 660
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Tales - North America, Indians of North America - Folklore
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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Summary

Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it's the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and again in Native American folklore, where he takes many forms, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the amorphous spider man of the Lakota tribe. This dazzling collection of American Indian trickster tales, compiled by an eminent anthropologist and a master storyteller, serves as the perfect companion to their previous masterwork, American Indian Myths and Legends.

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

From the publisher

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.
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.

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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.