Today's free book is Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians by Morris Edward Opler (1942). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
I. When the Earth Was New
A. The Destruction of the Earth
1(a). The Flood
1l(b). The Flood (Variant)
B. The Exploits of the Culture Heroes
l(a). The Birth of Child-of-the-Water and the Slaying of the Monsters
l(b). The Birth of Child-of-the-Water and the Slaying of the Monsters (Variant)
2. Yusn Gives Corn to Killer-of-Enemies and Wild Plants to Child-of-the-Water and White-Painted Woman
3. White-Painted Woman Instructs the Chiricahua in the Puberty Rite
4. Killer-of-Enemies, with Coyote's Assistance, Gets the Cattle Away from the Crows
5. The Man Who Tried to Imitate Child-of-the-Water
6. The Departure of Child-of-the-Water
C. Stories of the Giant
1. Two Women Play Dead and Escape from the Giant
2. Horned Toad Saves a Woman and a Boy from the Giant
II. The Contest for Daylight
A. The M occasin Game
l(a). The Moccasin Game for Day or Night
1(b). The Moccasin Game for Day or Night (Variant)
III. The Coyote Cycle and Other Animal, Bird, and Insect Tales
A. The Origin of Death
1. Coyote Causes Death
B. The Coyote Cycle
1. Coyote's Enemy Sends Him Away on Rising Rock and Steals His Wife
2. Coyote Seeks His Family and Kills His Rival
3. Coyote Marries His Own Daughter
4. Coyote Bites Rock Rabbit
5. Coyote Allows Real Rabbit to Escape
6. Rabbit Runs through a Hollow Log and Escapes from Coyote
7. Walking Rock Chases Coyote
8. Tip Beetle Listens to the Voices from Below and Escapes from Coyote
9. Coyote Helps Lizard Hold Up the Sky
10. Coyote Dances with the Prairie-Dogs
11. Mountain-Lion Steals Coyote's Prairie-Dogs
12. Coyote Dives in the Water for Prairie-Dogs
13. Mountain-Lion and Coyote Change Each Other's Appearance
14. Rabbit Escapes from Coyote by Pretending He Is Not Alone
15. Coyote Has Intercourse with His Mother-in-law
16. Coyote Tries to Catch Turkey by Chopping Down Trees
17. Coyote Follows Bumblebee's Instructions and Is Stung to Death
18. Coyote Visits Flicker; the Bungling Host
19. Coyote Tries to Lead his Family like Prairie Chicken and Kills Them
20. Coyote Visits Deer; the Bungling Host
21. Coyote Visits Goat; the Bungling Host
22. Coyote Carries Beaver Far from Water; Beaver Carries Coyote Far from Land
23. Coyote Visits Bumblebee; the Bungling Host
24. Coyote Visits Prairie-Dog; the Bungling Hos
25. Coyote Herds Goats and Uses His Employer's Wives, Makes His Pursuers Drunk with Mountain-Laurel Berries, Cuts Their Hair, and Sends Many Coyotes after Them
26. Coyote Sells the Money Tree
27. Coyote Sells the Bird under the Hat
28. Coyote Steals Fire from the Birds
29. Gopher Helps Coyote Have Intercourse with a Girl
30. Coyote as Eye Juggler
31. Coyote Dances with the Reeds
32. Coyote Gets a Girl but Loses Her Because of His Blindness
33. Coyote Shows How He Can Lie and Steals a Mule
34. Coyote Escapes Being Flayed by Inducing Another Coyote to Take His Place
35. Coyote and the Rats
36. Coyote Kills Deer with His Ceremony
37. The Little Rabbits
38. Coyote Makes His Legs Thin Like Mink's Legs
39. Coyote and the Bird Girls
40. Woodpecker Gives Coyote a Boy for Wife
41. Coyote Trades Tobacco for a "Girl"
42. Coyote Kills His Rival by Making Him Swallow Hot Stones
43. Goldfinch Causes Coyote to Fall Out of a Tree
44. Coyote and Dog Argue
45. Coyote Eats Mouse and Breaks Wind
46. Coyote Obtains Wood for Arrows and a Bow
47. Coyote Lets Darkness Out of the Sack
48. Coyote Rides Across the River in Cow's Rectum
49. Two Coyotes Vie for a Slain Cow
50. Coyote Tries to Catch Turkey by Diving for His Reflection in the Water and by Chopping Down Trees
51. Coyote Lives with the Ant People and the Mouse People
52. Coyote Tries to Count the Prairie-Dogs
53. Turkey Escapes from Coyote
54. Coyote's Bearskin Quiver Comes to Life and Chases Him
55. Coyote Makes Woman Valuable by Breaking the Teeth in Her Vagina
56. Coyote Tries to Spot His Children like Fawns.
57. Coyote Eats Berries and Goes Up in the Air
58. Coyote Story Fragments
C. Animal, Bird, and Insect Tales
1. The Geese Who Went on a Journey
2. Rat and Mouse Argue
3. The Robber-Fly People
IV. Stories of Supernatural Beings and Encounters with Supernaturals
A. The G ahe
1. The Disabled Boys Cured by the Gahe
2. The First Masked Dancer Ceremony
3. The Gahe Who Fought the Mexican Soldiers
4. The Visit of the Gahe
B. W ater M onsters
1. The Girl Who Married a Water Monster
2. A W ater M onster Story
C. Visits to the Dead
1. How the Antelope Got His Name
2. The Woman Who Visited the Afterworld
3. A Chiricahua Woman Visits the Underworld
V. Stories of Foolish People, Unfaithfulness, and Perversion
A. The Foolish People
1. The Foolish People Obtain a Horse
2. The Foolish Men Call like Crows
3. A Foolish Man Loses His Parfleche
4. The Foolish Men Go on a Raid
5. Two Foolish Men Escape from the Comanche
6. The Foolish People Are Shot by the Soldiers
7. The Adventures of the Foolish People on a Raid
B. Unfaithfulness
1. The Woman Who Pretended Sickness and Death To Be with Her Lover
2. The Unfaithful Wife Found Out by Her Husband
3. The Woman Who Pretended Sickness To Be with Her Lover
C. Perversion
1. The Woman Who Abused Herself with Cactus
D. Foolish Old Men
1. The Foolish Old Men
VI. Miscellaneous
1. Why Grease Is Rubbed on the Legs
2. The Lazy Boy Who Became a Great Runner
3. The Boy Who Tamed an Eagle and Trained It to Hunt
4. The M agic Ring
5. The Quarrel between Wind and Lightning
6(a). Herus and Kantaneiro
6(b). Herus (Variant)
7. The Origin of Old Age
8. The Eagle-Killer Rescued by Bat
9. The End of the World
10. Myth Fragments
