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Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter

Prankster, warrior, seducer, fool — Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey — often the victim of his own magical intrigues and lusty appetites — he created the earth and man, scrambled the stars and first brought fire . . . and death. Barry Lopez — National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreamsand recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for his bestselling masterworkOf Wolves and Men— has collected sixty-eight tales from forty-two tribes, and brings to life a timeless myth that abounds with sly wit, erotic adventure, and rueful wisdom.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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