The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth

by Tony Hillerman (A Zuni myth retold by)

Other authorsJanet Grado (Illustrator)
Magazine (paper), 1993

LCC

Juv E99 E9 H55 1986

Collection

Juvenile

Description

Retells a Zuñi myth in which a young boy and his sister gain the wisdom that makes them leaders of their people through the intercession of a dragonfly.

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1972

Subjects

Indians of North America New Mexico Folklore
Indians of North America New Mexico Legends
Zuni Indians Folklore
Zuñi Indians Folklore

Tags

Folklore--Zuni Pueblo--Juvenile literature, Reading age: 10+, FOLKLORE

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