Patapir, grown man, plays flute, no women
Ifapi, woman, mother died when she was young, is staying with her aunt, shy
Patapir heard stories of Ifapi and goes to find her. Finds her in an unexpected place. Goes back to the aunt's house, takes Ifapi as his wife.
A fairly basic story. I am a little confused with how exactly she was making herself look sickly and to what purpose. It seemed as if there was a prediction that the Flute Player would one day find her and he did.
Coyote Cooks His Daughter
I couldn't even take notes while reading this one because it was so strange, I did not know how to capture what I was reading. I know Coyotes take on many physical forms, although I don't know how that helps me understand this one. The Coyote and his daughter go out hunting for food. When he is unable to find food after several days, he gives up and literally cooks his daughter - licks his fingers and everything! She haunts him saying, "Pine tree, stick, pine tree, grass stick Jingle, ingle, ingle" (Hicks pg. 54). He killed her with a pine tree stick. Then what the wife hears the haunting and knows the Coyote killed their daughter, she burns the house down an the Coyote inside.
Works Cited
Hicks, Jack. The Literature of California. University of California Press, 2000.
No comments:
Post a Comment