legends

Presents a collection of eleven traditional Guatemalan stories, tales, and legends.

A small Cree boy saves his people from dying of thirst when the Great Spirit gives him a magical fish skin.

A bilingual retelling of a Guatemalan folktale about a young man who tries to win the hand of a Mayan princess. ..

A mother and father mouse search for the perfect husband for their beautiful daughter.

Sixteen Navajo bird tales told by an old medicine man to a shepherd boy and his friends.

Retells a Zu?i myth in which a young boy and his sister gain the wisdom that makes them leaders of their people through the intercession of a dragonfly.

Retells the African myth of how Anansi the spider gained possession of all the stories of the world. Presented in graphic novel format.

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.

After winning seven wishes from a magical horse, the foolish Juan Bobo wastes six of them on his way to try to make the king's daughter laugh.

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.