Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest. Various

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664640284

Table of Contents

       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

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