Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prelude -- Story One. Raman's New Flute: Vellore, India -- Chapter 1. Flute Types and Stereotypes -- Story Two. The Turtle, the Monkey, and the Jaguar: Apinayé (Gê) culture, Brazil -- Chapter 2. The Making of World Flutes -- Story Three. Manwoldae Is Autumn Grass: Korean Poem from the Late Fourteenth Century -- Chapter 3. Flutes That Talk -- Story Four. Culture Heroes Discover the First Flutes: Wogeo culture, New Guinea -- Chapter 4. Flutes and Gender Roles -- Story Five. The Story of the Flutemaker: Lakota culture, United States of America -- Chapter 5. Flutes, Sexuality, and Love Magic -- Story Six. Aniz the Shepherd: Uyghur culture, China -- Chapter 6. Flutes and the Animal Kingdom -- Story Seven. The Origin of Maize: Yupa culture, Venezuela -- Chapter 7. Flutes and Nature -- Story Eight. The Fluteplayer: China -- Chapter 8. Flute Origin Myths and Flute-Playing Heroes -- Story Nine. Yoshitsune's Voyage among the Islands: Japan -- Chapter 9. Flutes and Protective Power -- Story Ten: The Rat Catcher of Korneuburg: Austria -- Chapter 10. Flutes and Death -- Story Eleven. The Pifuano Flute of the Chullachaqui Rainforest Spirits: Iquitos, Peru -- Chapter 11. Flutes and Unethical/Ethical Behavior -- Story Twelve. Song of the Flute: The First Eighteen Verses of Rumi's Masnevi: Persia (Iran) -- Chapter 12. Religious Status of Flutes -- Story Thirteen. How the Noble Fujiwara no Yasumasa Faced Down the Bandit Hakamadare -- Chapter 13. Socioreligious Status of Flute Musicians -- Story Fourteen. Hard to Fill: Ireland -- Chapter 14. The Aesthetics and Power of Flute Sounds, Timbres, and Sonic Textures -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index of Stories -- Index.