# The Turkeys — Zuni Folktales character guide

> The Turkeys in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Turkeys, your

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

## Who they are

Birds that appear as characters, sometimes as helpers or in trickster tales.

## In the story

### [The Poor Turkey Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-poor-turkey-girl)

The flock of turkeys that the girl herds; they help her dress for the dance but abandon her when she forgets them.

### [The Revenge of the Two Brothers on the Háwikuhkwe, or the Two Little Ones and Their Turkeys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-revenge-of-the-two-brothers-on-the-h-wikuhkwe-or-the-two-little-ones-and-their-turkeys)

The flock of turkeys owned by the boys; most are killed by the Háwikuhkwe, but a few survive and return.

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