TY - BOOK AU - Clément,Daniel TI - The bungling host: the nature of indigenous oral literature AV - E98.F6 .C546 2018 U1 - 398.208997 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Lincoln, London PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Indian mythology KW - Folklore KW - North America KW - Indians of North America KW - Animals KW - Symbolic aspects KW - Ethnology KW - Montagnais Indians KW - Innu Indians KW - Myth KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American KW - Electronic books N1 - Machine generated contents note: Contents List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Caribou Takes In His Wife's Dress (Subarctic) 2. Snake Makes a Meal in the Embers (Southwest) 3. The Fire Trap (Grand Basin) 4. While Bird Sings, Bear Cooks (Northwest Coast) 5. Seal Roasts His Hands (Northwest Coast) 6. Silver Fox Digs Up Yellow Jacket Larvae with His Penis (California) 7. Wildcat Beats a Blanket (California) 8. Deer Kills Her Children and Puts Their Bones Into the Water (Southwest) 9. Wolf Transforms Two Arrowheads into Mincemeat Puddings (Southwest) 10. Badger Pushes a Stick Down His Throat and Gets Yucca-Juice (Southwest) 11. Bison Skewers His Nose (Plains) 12. White-Tailed Deer Shoots at a Red Clay Bank (Plains) 13. Man Kills Bison with His Sharpened Leg (Plains, Plateau) 14. Black-Mountain-Bear Gets Persimmons by Leaning Against a Tree (Southeast) 15. Rabbit Gathers Canes (Southeast) 16. Squirrel Slits Open His Scrotum (Plains) 17. Duck Excretes Rice (Northeast) 18. Bird Gets Salmon Eggs by Striking His Ankle (Northwest Coast) 19. Muskrat Cooks Some Ice (Northeast) 20. Woodpecker Pulls Eels Out of Trees (Subarctic) Conclusion Appendix: Bungling Host Myths Notes Bibliography UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=5426834 ER -