This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore. (Summary by Leni)
Chapters
1 00 - Preface 3 min 2 01 - How the Night Came 8 min 3 02 - How the Rabbit Lost His Tail 5 min 4 03 - How the Toad Got His Bruises 6 min 5 04 - How the Tiger Got His Stripes 11 min 6 05 - Why the Lamb Is Meek 8 min 7 06 - Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other 8 min 8 07 - How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles 10 min 9 08 - How the Monkey Became a Trickster 4 min 10 09 - How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations 7 min 11 10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty 5 min 12 11 - How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry 4 min 13 12 - Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey 7 min 14 13 - How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten 6 min 15 14 - Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail 5 min 16 15 - How Black Became White 7 min 17 16 - How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird 8 min 18 17 - Why the Sea Moans 17 min 19 18 - How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats 8 min
