Parker first heard these tales as a child on the Cattaraugus reservation in western New York, told by old men who began each with the word kă´kāā. Here he gathers dozens of them: when the world was new, boys who defy magic, love and marriage, horror stories of cannibals and sorcerers, talking animals, giants, pygmies and monster bears, and the horned serpent and the Thunderer.
A rich collection from a scholar of Seneca descent, with an introduction to the storytelling customs behind it. Download the free EPUB.