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No thorough collection or study has been made of the folk traditions of the Yaquis. Only about a score of Yaqui stories are to be found in published form. It is known that Yaqui society has been influenced strongly by Spanish and Mexican culture, judging from indications in historical records and from studies of the modern Yaquis. In making this collection of stories it was the objective to illustrate two things: (1) the nature of the folk literature of the Yaquis and (2) the influences which successive foreign contacts have exerted upon Yaqui folklore. Collections were made in Potam, Sonora from February through April of 1942 and during regular visits to Pascua and Barrio Libre near Tuscon, Arizona from May to September of the same year.

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These stories are not curiosities, dead fairy tales. . . . Yaqui Myths and Legends is the spirit of the land--the living oral tradition of a people. -- Journal of Arizona History Forthright in character, they are often grim, sometimes humorous, occasionally pointing a moral, but primarily entertaining. -- Westways Yaqui Myths And Legends is a compilation of sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis which reflect this Native American people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory and the antiquity and distinctiveness of their customs. These aren't obsolete fairy tales, but vibrant, living expressions of Native American oral tradition and cultural expression. -- The Bookwatch The stories will bring as much joy to youngsters as to grownups. -- The Associated Press Folklore for the interested layman as well as the scholar. Anyone interested in the Greater Southwest, or folklore in general, will find a use for this volume. -- Ethnohistory

These stories are not curiosities, dead fairy tales. . . . Yaqui Myths and Legends is the spirit of the land--the living oral tradition of a people. -- Journal of Arizona History Forthright in character, they are often grim, sometimes humorous, occasionally pointing a moral, but primarily entertaining. -- Westways Yaqui Myths And Legends is a compilation of sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis which reflect this Native American people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory and the antiquity and distinctiveness of their customs. These aren't obsolete fairy tales, but vibrant, living expressions of Native American oral tradition and cultural expression. -- The Bookwatch The stories will bring as much joy to youngsters as to grownups. -- The Associated Press Folklore for the interested layman as well as the scholar. Anyone interested in the Greater Southwest, or folklore in general, will find a use for this volume. -- Ethnohistory

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