Title Myths and legends of California and the Old Southwest / compiled and edited by Katharine Berry Judson ; introduction to the Bison book edition by Peter Iverson

Published Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations Series A Bison book Contents The Beginning of Newness -- The Men of the Early Times -- Creation and Longevity -- Old Mole's Creation -- The Creation of the World -- Spider's Creation -- The Gods and the Six Regions -- How Old Man Above Created the World -- The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World -- Origin of Light -- Pokoh, the Old Man -- Thunder and Lightning -- Creation of Man -- The First Man and Woman -- Old Man Above and the Grizzlies -- The Creation of Man-kind and the Flood -- The Birds and the Flood -- Legend of the Flood -- The Great Flood -- The Flood and the Theft of Fire -- Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley -- The Fable of the Animals -- Coyote and Sun -- The Course of the Sun -- The Foxes and the Sun -- The Theft of Fire -- The Theft of Fire -- The Earth-hardening after the Flood -- The Origins of the Totems and of Names -- Traditions of Wanderings -- The Migration of the Water People -- Coyote and the Mesquite Beans -- Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range -- Yosemite Valley and its Indian Names -- Legend of Tu-tok-a-nu'-la (El Capitan) Legend of Tis-se'-yak (South Dome and North Dome) -- Historice Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne -- California Big Trees -- The Children of Cloud -- The Cloud People -- Rain Song -- The Corn Maidens -- The Search for the Corn Maidens -- Hasjelti and Hostjoghon -- The Song-hunter -- Sand Painting of the Song-hunter -- The Guiding Duck and the Lake of Death -- The Boy who Became a God -- Origin of Clear Lake -- The Great Fire -- Origin of the Raven and the Macaw -- Coyote and the Hare -- Coyote and the Quails -- Coyote and the Fawns -- How the Bluebird Got its Color -- Coyote's Eyes -- Coyote and the Tortillas -- Coyote as a Hunter -- How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite -- Coyote and the Rattlesnake -- Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti -- The Thristy Quails -- The Boy and the Beast -- Why the Apaches are Fierce -- Speech on the Warpath -- The Spirit Land -- Song of the Ghost Dance Analysis Tales By American Indians Notes Originally published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1912 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of North America -- California -- Folklore Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Indians of North America California New Southwest Genre/Form Folklore Form Electronic book ISBN 0585332703 9780585332703

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