Myths of the Modocs

About this eBook

Author

Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906

Original Publication

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1912.

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.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Modoc Indians -- Religion

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73418

Release Date

April 17, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MYTHS OF THE MODOCS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LÁTKAKÁWAS — CHARACTERS
5. 5.THE FIVE BROTHERS OF LÁTKAKÁWAS — CHARACTERS
6. 6.ISIS AND YAULILIK’S DAUGHTERS — CHARACTERS
7. 7.KUMUSH AND HIS DAUGHTER — CHARACTERS
8. 8.WANAGA BECOMES WUS-KUMUSH
9. 9.STEALING FIRE — CHARACTERS
10. 10.HOW SICKNESS CAME INTO THE WORLD — CHARACTERS
11. 11.HOW OLD AGE CAME INTO THE WORLD — CHARACTERS
12. 12.LEMÉIS AND NUL-WE — CHARACTERS
13. 13.WIND AND THUNDER — CHARACTERS
14. 14.GÁUKOS AND KÛLTA — CHARACTERS
15. 15.TCOITCAK AND HIS PACK — CHARACTERS
16. 16.WITSDUK — CHARACTERS
17. 17.DJÁKALIPS — CHARACTER
18. 18.MOASÄM BEPS, THE DAUGHTER OF SOUTH WIND — CHARACTERS
19. 19.WEST WIND’S WIVES — CHARACTERS
20. 20.THE STAR BROTHERS — CHARACTERS
21. 21.THE RAINMAKER — CHARACTERS
22. 22.OLD MAN LULUS-DEWIEAS OR EARTHQUAKE OLD MAN — CHARACTER
23. 23.MÁIDIKDAK’S DAUGHTERS — CHARACTERS
24. 24.WUS KUMUSH AND TSMUK — CHARACTERS
25. 25.FROST AND THUNDER — CHARACTERS
26. 26.YAHYÁHAÄS — CHARACTERS
27. 27.YAHYÁHAÄS — CHARACTERS
28. 28.YAHYÁHAÄS AND THE KÚJA SISTERS — CHARACTERS
29. 29.TSMUK AND GÓSHGOISE — CHARACTERS
30. 30.KAIUTOIS FOOLS WUS — CHARACTERS
31. 31.BLAIWAS AND THE HEAD — CHARACTERS
32. 32.WUS AND HIS TROUBLES — CHARACTERS
33. 33.CEDAR BIRD’S DAUGHTERS MARRY BULL SNAKE — CHARACTERS
34. 34.LOK AND HER CHILDREN — CHARACTER
35. 35.GÄK AND THE KAIUTOIS BROTHERS — CHARACTERS
36. 36.WAR BETWEEN BEASTS AND BIRDS
37. 37.WUS WANTS TO MARRY A BUTTERFLY — CHARACTERS
38. 38.LOK SNEWÉDJAS — CHARACTERS
39. 39.SNAKE TRIES TO MARRY SQUIRREL’S DAUGHTERS — CHARACTERS
40. 40.WŎN AND DÛNWA — CHARACTERS
41. 41.WUS AND TSMUK’S DAUGHTER — CHARACTERS
42. 42.FROG STEALS DEER’S BABY — CHARACTERS
43. 43.HOW KALASLÁKKAS WON HIS WIFE — CHARACTERS
44. 44.THE SLOÄ BROTHERS — CHARACTERS
45. 45.COLTZ AND WUS — CHARACTERS
46. 46.THE BAD BROTHER — CHARACTERS
47. 47.KÓWAM AND GÁHGA — CHARACTERS
48. 48.MINK AND WEASEL — CHARACTERS
49. 49.GÄK KILLS PAKOL — CHARACTERS
50. 50.THE STONE PEOPLE — CHARACTERS
51. 51.PITOÍOIS — CHARACTERS
52. 52.ILYÚYU AND KÛLTA’S SISTERS — CHARACTERS
53. 53.NÄNÍHLÄS 1 — CHARACTERS
54. 54.THE BRINGING TO LIFE OF THE WUS BROTHERS — CHARACTERS
55. 55.LOK AND KÉKINA — CHARACTERS
56. 56.GRASSHOPPER IN LOVE WITH DEER — CHARACTERS
57. 57.KAI AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, NATANATAS — CHARACTERS
58. 58.THE SPIRIT OF THE TULA GRASS — CHARACTERS
59. 59.A MEDICINE STORY. NUMBER I — CHARACTERS
60. 60.A MEDICINE STORY. NUMBER II
61. 61.A SKOKS STORY
62. 62.A DOCTOR STORY — CHARACTER
63. 63.NOTES — LÁTKAKÁWAS — THE FIVE BROTHERS OF LÁTKAKÁWAS — ISIS AND YAULILIK’S DAUGHTERS — KUMUSH AND HIS DAUGHTER — STEALING FIRE — HOW SICKNESS CAME INTO THE WORLD — HOW OLD AGE CAME INTO THE WORLD — LEMÉIS AND NUL-WE — WIND AND THUNDER — GÁUKOS AND KÛLTA — DJÁKALIPS—RED CLOUDS — MOASÄM BEPS, THE DAUGHTER OF SOUTH WIND — WEST WIND’S WIVES — THE STAR BROTHERS — THE RAINMAKER — WUS KUMUSH AND TSMUK — FROST AND THUNDER (YAHYÁHAÄS). — YAHYÁHAÄS — YAHYÁHAÄS AND THE KÚJA SISTERS — TSMUK AND GÓSHGOISE — WAR BETWEEN BEASTS AND BIRDS — LOK SNEWÉDJAS — HOW KALASLÁKKAS WON HIS WIFE — THE BAD BROTHER — MINK AND WEASEL — PITOÍOIS — ILYÚYU — LOK AND KÉKINA — GRASSHOPPER IN LOVE WITH DEER — KAI AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
64. 64.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — Corrections

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