# Mice — Zuni Folktales character guide

> Mice in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Mice, The Mice, their

**First appearance:** 0001-zuni-folktales

## Who they are

Small rodent characters appearing in some tales.

## In the story

### [The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-maiden-of-the-yellow-rocks)

Field-mice who help dress the buckskins overnight, enabling the twins to complete the maiden's challenge.

### [The Prairie-Dogs and Their Priest, the Burrowing-Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-prairie-dogs-and-their-priest-the-burrowing-owl)

The Prairie-Dogs, who suffer from the rain and seek the Owl's help.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/characters/mice
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/characters