- Fairy Tales from Brazil
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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.
- Chapters
- Preface
- How the Night Came
- How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
- How the Toad Got His Bruises
- How the Tiger Got His Stripes
- Why the Lamb Is Meek
- Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other
- How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles
- How the Monkey Became a Trickster
- How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations
- How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty
- How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry
- Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey
- How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten
- Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail
- How Black Became White
- How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird
- Why the Sea Moans
- How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats