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Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights The Myths and Legends of the Pimas by J. William Lloyd [1911]

This is a rare book of Pima folklore, transcribed by a sympathetic amateur ethnographer at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Pima live in the arid deserts of southern Arizona, and originally survived by horticulture and hunting/gathering. Lloyd was not a linguist, and collected the stories through an interpreter. All of the Pima words and phrases are written using a crude 'phonetic' system, which no doubt is fairly inaccurate. However, this does not invalidate the folklore, which is well-told and consistent with other southwestern Native American mythology, particularly in its repetition of the number four.

Stories of the First Night

Stories of the Second Night

Stories of the Third Night

Stories of the Fourth Night