Jicarilla Apache Tales
about Primordial Times
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The Creation of Earth, Sky, Animals, and Man
Creation and Loss of the Sun and Moon
The Emergence
The Birth Ceremony Is Given;
Death and the Monsters Come;
The People Scatter
The Man Who Floated Down the River in a Log
The Man Who Lived with the Buffaloes
Creation of the White Man
Departure of the Hactcin
Jicarilla Apache Tales
about Killer-of-Enemies
The Birth of Killer-of-Enemies and Child-of-the-Water
The Journey to the Sun
The Adventure at Owl’s Home
The Slaying of the Monsters
Killer-of-Enemies at Picuris
Killer-of-Enemies at Taos and His Departure
Jicarilla Apache Tales
about Coyote
About the Jicarilla Apache Coyote Stories
Coyote and the Two Running Rocks
1.
Coyote in the Underworld;
The Origin of the Monsters;
The First Emergence
2.
The Race around the World
3.
Coyote Obtains Fire
4.
Coyote Dances with the Prairie Dogs
6.
Coyote Visits Buffalo
9.
Coyote As Eye-Juggler
10.
Coyote Loses the Power to Obtain Food
12.
Coyote Marries His Own Daughter
14.
Coyote Burns His Children
15.
Coyote Steals Another Man’s Wife
16.
Coyote Plays Tricks on Owl; the Vomit Exchange
17.
Coyote Loses His Bow and Arrows to Antelope
23.
Coyote Visits the Red Ants
26.
Rabbit Scares Coyote Away
27.
Coyote Chases the Rocks
28.
Rabbit Escapes
29.
Rabbit Fools Coyote
30.
Coyote and Beetle
41.
Coyote and the Pitch Baby
42.
Coyote and Beaver
43.
Coyote and His Mother-in-Law
48.
Coyote Comes to Life Four Times
57.
Coyote Kills Deer with His Ceremony
58.
Coyote and the Expanding Meat
59.
Coyote and Yellow Jacket
61.
Coyote Kills His Wife and Carries Her Body
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A Map of Northern AmerIndian
Tribal Locations
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Index of All Tales
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