Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• TABLE OF CONTENTS iii
• Illustrations vii
• INTRODUCTION 1
• PREFACE 11
• The Beginning of Newness 19
• The Men of the Early Times 24
• Creation and Longevity 26
• Old Mole's Creation 27
• The Creation of the World 29
• Spider's Creation 32
• The Gods and the Six Regions 36
• How Old Man Above Created The World 37
• The Search for the Middle and The Hardening of the World 39
• Origin of Light 47
• Pokoh, the Old Man 48
• Thunder and Lightning 50
• Creation of Man 51
• The First Man and Woman 54
• Old Man Above and the Grizzlies 55
• The Creation of Man-Kind And The Flood 58
• The Birds and the Flood 62
• Legend of the Flood 63
• The Great Flood 64
• The Flood and the Theft of Fire 68
• Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley 70
• The Fable of the Animals 72
• Coyote and Sun 75
• The Course of the Sun 77
• The Foxes and the Sun 80
• The Theft of Fire 83
• The Earth-Hardening After The Flood 85
• The Origins of the Totems and Of Names 88
• Traditions of Wanderings 89
• The Migration of the Water People 92
• Coyote and the Mesquite Beans 94
• Origin of the Sierra Nevadas And Coast Range 95
• Yosemite Valley 97
• Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu′-La (el Capitan) 100
• Legend of Tis-Se′-Yak (south Dome and North Dome) 102
• Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne 104
• California Big Trees 106
• The Children of Cloud 107
• The Cloud People 110
• Rain Song 113
• Rain Song 114
• Rain Song 115
• The Corn Maidens 116
• The Search for the Corn Maidens 120
• Hasjelti and Hostjoghon 132
• The Song-Hunter 134
• Sand Painting of the Song-Hunter 137
• The Guiding Duck and the Lake Of Death 140
• Origin of Clear Lake 151
• The Great Fire 152
• Origin of the Raven and the Macaw - (Totems of summer and winter) 154
• Coyote and the Hare 157
• Coyote and the Quails 160
• Coyote and the Fawns 162
• How the Bluebird Got Its Color 164
• Coyote's Eyes 166
• Coyote and the Tortillas 168
• Coyote as a Hunter 170
• How the Rattlesnake Learned To Bite 175
• Coyote and the Rattlesnake 178
• Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti 182
• The Thirsty Quails 184
• The Boy and the Beast 185
• Why the Apaches Are Fierce 187
• Speech on the Warpath 188
• The Spirit Land 192
• Song of the Ghost Dance 193

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