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.

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• 00 - Preface
• 01 - How the Night Came
• 02 - How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
• 03 - How the Toad Got His Bruises
• 04 - How the Tiger Got His Stripes
• 05 - Why the Lamb Is Meek
• 06 - Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other
• 07 - How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles
• 08 - How the Monkey Became a Trickster
• 09 - How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations
• 10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty
• 11 - How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry
• 12 - Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey
• 13 - How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten
• 14 - Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail
• 15 - How Black Became White
• 16 - How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird
• 17 - Why the Sea Moans
• 18 - How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats