Taos Tales

by Elsie Clews Parasons

Long winter evenings were favored times among the Pueblo Indians for storytelling. This volume contains nearly 100 of these entertaining stories (including many variants), each an authentic tale told to noted anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons by Pueblo Indians of Taos, New Mexico. The sometimes graphic and always intriguing fables offer an unparalleled glimpse into the beliefs and culture of the Indians of the American Southwest.

185 pp — ©1996

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