Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa

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Author

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Timiskaming Indians -- Folklore

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66509

Release Date

October 10, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE OF THE TIMISKAMING ALGONQUIN. — INTRODUCTION. — Wiske·djak Cycle. — (1) Wiske·djak Pursues the Beaver. — (2) Wiske·djak Kills the Bear and Gets his Head Fastened in the Skull. — (3) Wiske·djak Invites the Ducks to a Dance. — (4) Wiske·djak Anum Suum Urit and Originates Rock-weed and Red Willow from the Scabs. — ( 5 ) Wiske·djak Disguises himself as a Lynx. — ( 6 ) Wiske·djak’s Love Affair. — ( 7 ) Ciŋgəbis. — (8) Remarks About Wiske·djak. — (9) Further Comment on Wiske·djak. — Timiskaming Folk-Lore. — (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) — (5) — (6) — (7) — (8) — (9) — (10) — (11) — (12) — (13) — (14) — (15) Bear Feast. — (16) Legend of Iroquois Falls.
5. 5.MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE OF THE TIMAGAMI OJIBWA. — Introduction. — (1) Nenebuc, the Transformer. — (2) Nenebuc Fragment. 14 — (3) Nenebuc Transforms the Bear. 15 — (4) Wemicus. — (5) Ciŋgibis. — (6) Beaver Gives a Feast. — (7) Tcaka·bįs. — (8) Aniwɔ·ye, 27 the Giant Skunk, and the Origin of Skunks. — (9) The Man Who Transformed a Doll into a Woman and Followed Her into the World Above. — (10) Ayas·e and the Origin of Bats. — (11) Origin of the Constellation Fisher (Ursa Major). 31 — (12) The Young Loon. — (13) The Giant Pike. — (14) Lynx and His Two Wives. — (15) Story of Seal Rock in Lake Timagami. — (16) Rabbit, Lynx, and Fisher. — (17) Snaring the Sun. — (18) Homo Excrementi. — (19) The Origin of Snakes. — (20) Muskrat Warns the Beaver. — (21) Story of a Hunter. — (22) A Timagami Story. — (23) Story of a Fast Runner. — (24) The Hunter and the Seven Deer. — (25) Story of a Conjurer. — (26) Legend of Obabika Lake. — (27) Iroquois Pictographs. — (28) An Iroquois Legend. — Timagami Folk-Lore. — (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) — (5) — (6) — (7) — (8) — (9) — (10) — (11) — (12) — (13) — (14) — (15) — (16) — (17) — (18) — (19) Supernatural Creatures.
6. 6.Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-Lore.
7. 7.Phonetic Key.
8. 8.LIST OF RECENT REPORTS OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY — Memoirs and Reports Published During 1910. — Memoirs and Reports Published During 1911. — Memoirs and Reports Published During 1912. — Memoirs and Reports Published During 1913. — Memoirs and Reports Published During 1914.
9. 9.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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