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The grandfathers speak : native American folk tales of the Lenapé people /

A collection of stories, tales, and legends about the Lenape Indians, who are known as the Delaware Indians.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hìtakonanulaxk.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Interlink Books, 1994.
Series:International folk tales
Subjects and Genres:
Delaware Indians > Folklore.
Delaware Indians > History.
Delaware (Indiens) > Folklore.
Delaware (Indiens) > Histoire.
Delaware Indians.
Native Americans > United States > Folklore.
Delaware Indians > Folklore
Delaware Indians > History
Folklore.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Lenapé creation (Lenapé Kishelamàwa'kàn)
  • Nanapush
  • How the pipe came to the Lenapé
  • Hoe medicine began
  • Mother corn (Kakesana Xaskwim)
  • Masked being (Misinkhâlikàn)
  • Grandfather thunder (Muxumsa Pethakowe)
  • Rainbow Crow (Mànàka'has)
  • When the animals left Lanapé land)
  • Wèhixamu'kès
  • Seven wise men (Nishash chak Lèpâ'chik)
  • Ball player (Tukhikàpapa'lit)
  • Little grandfather
  • Wematekàn'is and the hunter
  • Sugar maple (Axsìnamìnshi)
  • Boy who lived with bears
  • Stubborn girl
  • Greedy maiden
  • Mastodon (Yakwawi)
  • No hunter and the water monster (Màtàlâ'wit âk Aman'kamèk)
  • Hunters and the turtle
  • Woman who lived with snakes
  • Big fish (Xinkwena'mès)
  • White men (Wapsitàk) and the bullock's hide.

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