The way to make perfect mountains :Native American legends of sacred mountains /as told by Byrd Baylor ; illustrations Leonard F. Chana.
Description
There are certain mountains Indians know are holy places -- Beginnings. How the Tewa came to sacred mountains -- A sacred mountain for Mohaves -- The way to make perfect mountains -- When an eagle led the people -- The way to stretch a mountain -- Changes. Ceremony for moving mountains -- When four winds moved four mountains -- The flood -- Protection. Mountain against mountain -- How mountains saved the Tohono O'odham -- When mountains could open and close -- Power, magic, mystery and dreams. Magical birth on a mountain top -- Touching a mountain's power -- From Sandia Mountain to Sky Pueblo -- How the Zunis were welcomed at the Rainbow Cave -- How the Maricopas made wishes come true -- How the Yaquis made wishes come true -- The beings in the mountains. Where Kachinas live -- A safe home for Iitoi -- Where the little twin war gods used to play -- A world for mountain spirits -- The stories here.
62 pages :illustrations ;26 cm
Book Details
Author
Baylor, Byrd.
Place Published
City
El Paso, Tex.
Publication Subjects
Indians of North America--Folklore.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Folklore.
Indians of North America.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00969633
Call No.
E98 .F6 B36 1997
ISBN
0938317261, 9780938317265
LCCN
96040531
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61).
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [1997]
Publication Info: {copy}1997