Seven Mohave Myths
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This paper is an endeavor to make a beginning of payment on ascholarly debt long in arrears. Between 1900 and 1910, I spentconsiderable time with the Mohave Indians, both in the vicinity ofNeedles and with visitors from there to the University. Summaries ofthe data recorded, and some samples of concrete detail, have beenpublished in one place or another, most coherently in two chapters ofthe Handbook of California Indians in 1925. But I kept deferringpresentation of the fuller data, in particular of the mythologicalnarratives, many of which run to unusual length. The tales offeredherewith comp...
Chapters (149)
- SEVEN MOHAVE MYTHS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. CANE
- THE NARRATOR
- THE CANE NARRATIVE
- A. Kamaiavêta Killed at Avikwame
- B. Two Brothers Go Off
- C. The Brothers Get Wives
- D. Quarrel over Cane: Elder Kills Younger
- E. Birth of the Hero
- F. Shinny Game with Father's Foes
- G. Journey South to Sea
- H. Marriage and Contests with Meteor and Sun
- I. Return to Mother, Half-Brother, and Father's Ghost
- J. Revenge on Father's Foes
- K. Transformation
- SONG SCHEME AND NARRATIVE OUTLINE
- The Cane Song Scheme
- MOVEMENT OF THE NARRATIVE
- APPARENT INCONSISTENCIES
- HANDLING OF THE PLOT
- SUPPLEMENTARY
- II. VINIMULYE-PATŠE
- THE TALE
- III. NYOHAIVA
- CIRCUMSTANCES AND NATURE OF THE STORY
- THE NYOHAIVA TALE
- THE SONG SCHEME
- Outline
- IV. RAVEN
- NARRATOR'S STATEMENTS
- OUTLINE OF SONG SCHEME
- THE RAVEN STORY
- V. DEER
- DISCUSSION
- VARIATIONS IN SONG SCHEME
- Number of Songs Mentioned by Narrator
- WORDS OF SONGS
- THE DEER STORY
- VI. COYOTE
- CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RECORDING
- THE TALES
- A: Dreamed
- B: Dreamed
- Children's Stories
- More Stories for Children
- VII. MASTAMHO
- THE INFORMANT
- CONTENT OF THE MYTH
- SCHEMATIC OUTLINE
- Main Narrative: Mastamho's Instituting
- Supplement: Thrasher and Mockingbird Institute Sex Life
- QUALITY OF THE NARRATIVE
- MAIN NARRATIVE: MASTAMHO'S INSTITUTING.
- A. Mastamho Disposes of Dead Matavilya: 1-6
- B. Avikwame, River, Desert Land and Foods Made: 7-19
- C. House, Shade, Sleep, and Playground: 20-35
- D. Wild Seeds Planted: 36-42
- E. Counting, Directions, Tribal Names: 43-58
- F. Hawks and War: 59-69
- G. Thrasher Mockingbird, and Mastamho's Dream Names: 70-75
- H. Pottery and Farmed Food Instituted: 76-78
- I. Thrasher and Mockingbird Delegated to Teach: 79-81
- J. Mastamho's Transformation into Bald Eagle: 82-84
- SUPPLEMENT: THRASHER AND MOCKINGBIRD INSTITUTE SEX LIFE
- K. Courtship Instituted at Miakwa'orve: 85-92
- L. Transformation of Water and Valley Birds: 93-97
- M. Mountain Birds Transformed at Rattlesnake's Playfield: 98-101
- N. Leftover Straggler Reaches the Sea: 102
- THE LISTS OF MANUFACTURED WORDS
- APPENDIX I: MOHAVE DIRECTIONAL CIRCUITS
- APPENDIX II: MOHAVE NAMES RECURRING IN TWO OR MORE OF THE SEVEN TALES
- 1. PLACE NAMES
- 2. PERSONAGES, DEITIES
- 3. ANIMALS
- 4. KINSHIP
- 5. INANIMATE
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