Beginnings and balance : earth, sun, moon, night, people, floods, fire, sky, food, music (stories 1-33)
Journeys to other realms (stories 34-52)
Winning and losing with the gods (stories 53-85)
Making bargains, good and bad (stories 86-123)
The community (stories 124-165)
Reaching out with kindness (stories 166-179)
Seeking justice (stories 180-196)
Punishments and rewards : teaching good and wise behavior (stories 197-231)
When cultures, classes or species collide (stories 232-265)
Defenders of the earth (stories 266-289)
Between husbands and wives (stories 290-311)
For love (stories 312-348)
Supernatural seducers (stories 349-364)
Tricksters and fools (stories 365-415)
Heroic rescues and magical escapes (stories 416-441)
Strange and mysterious encounters (stories 442-470)
Appendix A. Indigenous peoples by country, with alternate names
