Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world through
the centuries - courageous heroes, scary monsters, rapturous virgins -
it's the Trickster who provides the real spark in the action. And
nowhere is he more central to the story than in Native American
folklore. This book covers the entire North American continent, with
more than one hundred tales from fifty-five tribes. You'll encounter the
rascally and irascible Coyote, master thief and insatiable lover of the
Southwest; lktomi the shape-shifting Spider-Man of the Lakota: Veeho,
the Cheyenne daredevil; and Glooskap of the Passamaquoddy. You'll read
tale cycles from the Eastern seaboard, the Great Lakes, the mountains,
and the plains. It is a volume of traditional wit and wisdom that
represents the best of folkloric sources of the last two centuries and a
bounty of unpublished tales recorded by the authors from contemporary
storytellers.