Bibliograph

North American Indian stories, more earthmaker's tales, retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo

Type

Label

North American Indian stories, more earthmaker's tales, retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

North American Indian stories

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

23972483

Responsibility statement

retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo

Sub title

more earthmaker's tales

Summary

A collection of Indian legends about earthquakes, snow, fog, and other nautral phenomena

Table Of Contents

Hot springs (Ute): Smoking waters -- Snow (Menominee: Snowmaker torments the people -- Eclipse, earthquake, thunder, lightning (Oto): Wahconda makes the earth shake -- Ice (Cherokee): Ice Man puts out the big fire -- Volcano (Nisquilly): The mountain roars! -- Shining waters (Iroquois): Why the great spirit made the waters like mirrors -- Fog (Cree): When fog comes drifting -- Beaver brings the end of the world (Cheyenne) -- Where the tales began

Target audience

juvenile

Classification