Seneca fiction, legends, and myths

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Compiler

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937

Title

Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911

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/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Seneca mythology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64176

Release Date

December 30, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY — SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES — SPECIAL RESEARCHES — PUBLICATIONS — ILLUSTRATIONS — LIBRARY — PROPERTY — RECOMMENDATIONS
5. 5.Part 1
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS
8. 8.INTRODUCTION — The Seneca — Characterization of Contents
9. 9.PHONETIC KEY
10. 10.MATERIAL COLLECTED BY JEREMIAH CURTIN
11. 11.FICTION — 1. The Sister and Her Six Elder Brothers — 2. The Child and His Uncle — 3. Djogeon (Dwarf-man) and His Uncle — 4. The Woman Who Married a Great Serpent — 5. The Ghost Woman and the Hunter — 6. Hahnowa (the Turtle) and His Forces on the Warpath — 7. The Old Man’s Grandson and the Chief of the Deserted Village — 8. The Man Who Married a Buffalo Woman — 9. A Woman and Her Bear Lover — 10. The Fox and the Rabbit — 11. The Snake with Two Heads — 12. A Hunter Pursued by Genonsgwa 22 — 13. The Grandmother and Her Granddaughter — 14. The Woman Who Became a Snake from Eating Fish 25 — 15. Gaqga (the Crow) Makes a Journey and Kills Many People — 16. Ohohwa (the Owl) and the Two Sisters — 17. A Great Snake Battle — 18. The Ongwe Ias (the Cannibal) and His Younger Brother — 19. Haieñdoñnis and Yenogeauns 2 — 20. The Man with the Panther-skin Robe and His Brother with a Turkey-skin Robe — 21. Deadoeñdjadases (The Earth-Girdler) and the Old Woman’s Grandson — 22. Hatʻhondas (the Listener) 40 — 23. The Story of the Ohohwa People — 24. The Chestnut Tree Guarded by the Seven Sisters — 25. The Otter’s Heart and the Claw Fetishes — 26. The Seven Sisters Who Produced Wampum — 27. The Forsaken Infant and Gaha (the Wind) — 28. The Old Man and the Boy — 29. The Story of the Girls Who Went for a Husband 48 — 30. The Creation of Man — 31. Ganiagwaihegowa — 32. The Man Who Became a Fish, and a Ganiagwaihe — 33. A Dead Man Speaks to His Mother through the Fire — 34. The Potent Boy 50 — 35. The Faithless Wife and the Three Old Men — 36. The Dagwanoenyent (Daughter of the Wind) and Her Husband — 37. A Raccoon Story — 38. The Self-sacrifice of Two Dogs for Their Master — 39. The Three Young Women, Daughters of Awaeh Yegendji or Mother Swan — 40. Hinon and the Seneca Warriors — 41. Hodadeñon and Yenyentʻhwus 56 — 42. The Uncle and His Nephew — 43. Hinon Saves a Woman from Suicide — 44. The Crawfish and the Raccoon — 45. The Race Between the Turtle and the Bear — 46. The Woman Who Became a Maneater Through the Orenda of Her Husband’s Dogs — 47. Ganyadjigowa 85 — 48. Hadentʻheni and Hanigongendatʻha 105 — 49. Dagwanoenyent — 50. The Shaman and His Nephew — 51. The Horned Snake and the Young Woman — 52. The Man Pursued by His Sister-in-Law — 53. The Story of Bloody Hand — 54. The Seven Stars of the Dipper — 55. The Story of the Two Brothers — 56. Sʻhodieonskon 127 (the Trickster) — 57. The Cannibal Uncle, His Nephew, and the Nephew’s Invisible Brother — 58. Doonongaes 135 and Tsodiqgwadon
12. 12.LEGENDS — 59. Genonsgwa 305 — 60. The Grandmother and her Grandson — 61. Heart Squeezing and the Dance of Naked Persons — 62. Hotʻho, the Winter God 319 — 63. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and His Three Brothers 320 — 64 . The Moose Wife — 65. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 66. The Porcupine’s Grandson and the Bear — 67. Genonsgwa — 68. Hinon, Hohawaqk 327 and His Grandmother — 69. Hagowanen and Otʻhegwenhda 328 — 70. Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus 341 ( the Planters ) — 71. Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus—II — 72. Uncle and Nephew and the White Otters — 73. Deoyadastatʻhe and Hadjowiski 353 — 74. A Genesis Tradition — 75. The Two Brothers and the Mice Fetishes — 76. The Orphan — 77. The Great Worm 361 and Hinon — 78. The Chipmunk and the Bear — 79. The Great White Beaver and the Lake of the Enchanted Water
13. 13.TRADITIONS — 80. Ganon, the Seneca War Chief — 81. Hatcinondon: 367 A Historical Tradition — 82. Godiont 370 and the Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 83. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 84. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 85. Genonsgwa — 86. Genonsgwa — 87. Genonsgwa — 88. Genonsgwa — 89. Genonsgwa — 90. Bald Eagle Sends Mud Turtle Around the World — 91. The Poor Hunter and Djogeon 373 — 92. The Man Killed by the Three Hunters 375 — 93. Hinon 376 and the Iroquois
14. 14.TALES — 94. A Shaman’s Deed — 95. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 96. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa — 97. The Vampire Skeleton
15. 15.MYTHS — 98. A Tale of the Sky World — 99. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and Hotʻhoh 378 — 100. The Morning Star and the Cannibal Wife — 101. The Woman and the Cannibal 379 Thunder — 102. Gaqga and Sgagedi 387 — 103. Dagwanoenyent and Gaasyendietʻha 388 — 104. Dagwanoenyentgowa Sʻhagodigendji 393 and Yenonsgwa — 105. The Twelve Brothers and Their Uncle, Dagwanoenyent — 106. Ongwe Ias 399 and His Brother, Dagwanoenyent
16. 16.MEDICAL NOTE — 107. Notes on the Medicine Nikahnegaah 1 402
17. 17.Part 2
18. 18.SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS — 108. The Legend of Hayanowe (“ He-the-Fleet-footed ”) — 109. Oñgweʻ Hañgesʹʻhäʼ and Gajihsondis ( Skin-of-Man and Spike-Hitter 406 ) — 110. Gajihsondis, the Amulet-hitter 415 — 111. The Legend of Honenhineh and His Younger Brothers — 112. The Legend of Godasiyo — 113. A Legend of an Anthropomorphic Tribe of Rattlesnakes — 114. The Twins: Grandsons of Gahoⁿʻdji’dāʹʻhoⁿk 421 — 115. The Legend of the Misogamist — 116. The Acts of the Seventh Son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ — 117. The Legend of Hodadeñon and His Elder Sister — 118. The Legend of Gādjisʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs — 119. The Legend of Deodyatgaowen — 120. An Address of Thanksgiving to the Powers of the Master of Life 440 — 121. A Corn Legend and a Flood Story — 122. The Legend of Man’s Acquisition of Corn — 123. The Bean Woman 448 — (A FRAGMENT) — 124. The Legend of Onenha (the Corn) — 125. The Origin of White Corn, or Kanĕñhagĕñät — 126. The Origin of the Porcupine People or Clan 450 — 127. The Origin of the Bear Songs and Dances — 128. The Origin of the Pigeon Songs and Dances — 129. The Legend of Hahadodagwatʻha — 130. The Story of Hahskwahot 456 — 131. The Legend of Genonsgwa 457 — 132. The Legend of the Stone Coats ( Genonsgwa ) — 133. The Story of the White Pigeon, the Chief of the Pigeons — 134. The Weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and Squash People — 135. Sʻhagowenotʻha, the Spirit of the Tides — 136. Sʻhagoweʹnōtʻhăʼ, the Spirit of the Tides — 137. The Legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña — 138. The Legend of Doäʻdaneʹgĕⁿʼ and Hotkwisdadegĕⁿʼʹă
19. 19.NOTES
20. 20.INDEX
21. 21.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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