Jeremiah Curtin recorded these creation myths among the Wintu and Yana peoples of northern California, and retells them in full: Olelbis, who shapes the world from his sky-house, the trickster Sedit, Norwan, Tulchuherris and many more. A long introduction places them in his theory of the religious development of mankind.
A rich source of California Indian mythology; the word ‘primitive’ and the theories reflect 1898. Download the free EPUB.