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Myths and Legends of California And the Old Southwest

Myths and Legends of California And the Old Southwest

by Katharine Berry Judson

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Editor
Judson, Katharine Berry, 1866-1929
Title
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
Credits
Produced by David A. Schwan, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2503
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2503
Release Date
February 1, 2001
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD SOUTHWEST
  2. 2.By Various — Compiled and Edited by Katharine Berry Judson
  3. 3.Preface
  4. 4.The Beginning of Newness
  5. 5.The Men of the Early Times
  6. 6.Creation and Longevity
  7. 7.Old Mole's Creation
  8. 8.The Creation of the World
  9. 9.Spider's Creation
  10. 10.The Gods and the Six Regions
  11. 11.How Old Man Above Created the World
  12. 12.The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World
  13. 13.Origin of Light
  14. 14.Pokoh, the Old Man
  15. 15.Thunder and Lightning
  16. 16.Creation of Man
  17. 17.The First Man And Woman
  18. 18.Old Man Above and the Grizzlies
  19. 19.The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood
  20. 20.The Birds and the Flood
  21. 21.Legend of the Flood
  22. 22.The Great Flood
  23. 23.The Flood and the Theft of Fire
  24. 24.Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley
  25. 25.The Fable of the Animals
  26. 26.Coyote and Sun
  27. 27.The Course of the Sun
  28. 28.The Foxes and the Sun
  29. 29.The Theft of Fire
  30. 30.The Theft of Fire
  31. 31.The Earth-Hardening After the Flood
  32. 32.The Origins of the Totems and of Names
  33. 33.Traditions of Wanderings
  34. 34.The Migration of the Water People
  35. 35.Coyote and the Mesquite Beans
  36. 36.Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range
  37. 37.Yosemite Valley
  38. 38.Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan)
  39. 39.Legend of Tis-Se'-Yak (South Dome and North Dome)
  40. 40.Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne — (As given by Mr. Stephen Powers, 1877.)(4)
  41. 41.California Big Trees
  42. 42.The Children of Cloud
  43. 43.The Cloud People
  44. 44.Rain Song
  45. 45.Rain Song
  46. 46.Rain Song
  47. 47.The Corn Maidens
  48. 48.The Search for the Corn Maidens
  49. 49.Hasjelti and Hostjoghon
  50. 50.The Song-Hunter
  51. 51.Sand Painting of the Song-Hunter
  52. 52.The Guiding Duck and the Lake of Death
  53. 53.The Boy Who Became A God
  54. 54.Origin of Clear Lake
  55. 55.The Great Fire
  56. 56.Origin of the Raven and the Macaw
  57. 57.Coyote and the Hare
  58. 58.Coyote and the Quails
  59. 59.Coyote and the Fawns
  60. 60.How the Bluebird Got its Color
  61. 61.Coyote's Eyes
  62. 62.Coyote and the Tortillas
  63. 63.Coyote as a Hunter
  64. 64.How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite
  65. 65.Coyote and the Rattlesnake
  66. 66.Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti
  67. 67.The Thirsty Quails
  68. 68.The Boy and the Beast
  69. 69.Why the Apaches are Fierce
  70. 70.Speech on the Warpath
  71. 71.The Spirit Land
  72. 72.Song of the Ghost Dance

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