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African Folk Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) by Abrahams. Roger D. ( 1984 ) Paperback
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October 18, 2023
166 Quickies
Sorting through many of the American Indian Myths (As if there was a homogenized group called American Indians) Richard Erdoes and Alfonzo Ortiz selected 166 short, one-page, or two-page, stories. These stories look like the precursor to the urban legends today.
The myths are artificially separated into ten subjects and lose the continuity of being divided by a particular ethnic group; thus, we never get a feel for the bigger picture of where the stories come from.
You need a great sense of humor as many of the stories are very kinky such as “TEETH IN THE WRONG PLACE” (PONCA-OTOE), which is exactly what it implies.
There seem to be only three Zuni tales out of the 166. I wonder if there is a reason for this.
Next read “The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth”
Sorting through many of the American Indian Myths (As if there was a homogenized group called American Indians) Richard Erdoes and Alfonzo Ortiz selected 166 short, one-page, or two-page, stories. These stories look like the precursor to the urban legends today.
The myths are artificially separated into ten subjects and lose the continuity of being divided by a particular ethnic group; thus, we never get a feel for the bigger picture of where the stories come from.
You need a great sense of humor as many of the stories are very kinky such as “TEETH IN THE WRONG PLACE” (PONCA-OTOE), which is exactly what it implies.
There seem to be only three Zuni tales out of the 166. I wonder if there is a reason for this.
Next read “The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth”
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