Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
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- MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD SOUTHWEST
- Compiled and Edited by Katharine Berry Judson
- Preface
- 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
- Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan)
- Legend of Tis-Se'-Yak (South Dome and North Dome)
- Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne
- (As given by Mr. Stephen Powers, 1877.)(4)
- California Big Trees
- The Children of Cloud
- The Cloud People
- Rain Song
- Rain Song
- 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 Thirsty Quails
- The Boy and the Beast
- Why the Apaches are Fierce
- Speech on the Warpath
- The Spirit Land
- Song of the Ghost Dance
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