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AMERICAN INDIANCREATION MYTHS
Teresa Pijoan, Ph.D.
SANTA FE
Chapter illustrations by Claire M. Connally
Book design based on design by Judy Burkhalter
Cover artwork by Nicole D. Pijoan-Garling and Claire M. Connally
© 2005 by Teresa Pijoan. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Pijoan, Teresa, 1951-
Creation myths of the American Indian / by Teresa Pijoan.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-86534-471-X (softcover : alk. paper)
1. Indian mythology—North America. 2. Creation—Mythology.
3. Earth-Mythology. 4. Water-Mythology. I. Title.
E98.R3P53 2005
299.7'124–dc22
2005021258
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CONTENTS
Pawnee
FOREWORD
All cultures, including our own, have creation myths. They vary from simple to very complex and from almost believable to quite absurd. They all attempt to answer the question of human origin.
Starting around ten thousand years
