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Myths and Legends of British North America

by Katharine Berry Judson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Beliefs
  3. 3Beliefs
  4. 4Beliefs
  5. 5Creation of the World
  6. 6How the Earth Was Formed
  7. 7Old One and Creation
  8. 8Creation of the Earth
  9. 9Raven and Creation
  10. 10Origin of Rivers in Queen Charlotte Islands
  11. 11Origin of Haida Land
  12. 12Raven and Moon Woman
  13. 13Origin of Light
  14. 14Origin of Light
  15. 15Creation of Light
  16. 16Coming of Fire
  17. 17How Grizzly Bear and Coyote Made Light and the Seasons
  18. 18Origin of Light and Fire
  19. 19How Fire Was Secured
  20. 20How Raven Brought Fire
  21. 21When Mink Carried the Torches
  22. 22Old One
  23. 23The Great Fire
  24. 24The Burning of the World
  25. 25The House of Sun
  26. 26Why the Sun Is Bright
  27. 27When Sun Was Snared
  28. 28Sun and Moon
  29. 29The Man in the Moon
  30. 30Why the Moon Is Pale
  31. 31The Woman in the Moon
  32. 32Moon
  33. 33War With the Sky People
  34. 34How Two Sisters Got Out of Sky Land
  35. 35Origin of the Pleiades
  36. 36The Star Hunters
  37. 37The Great Bear and the Hunter
  38. 38How the Summer Came
  39. 39The Rainbow Trail
  40. 40Origin of the Chinook Wind
  41. 41When Glacier Married Chinook’s Daughter
  42. 42Mink’s War With the Southeast Wind
  43. 43When North’s Son Married Southeast’s Daughter
  44. 44Capture of Wind
  45. 45How Wind Became a Slave
  46. 46Thunder, Lightning, and Rain
  47. 47Thunder
  48. 48Turtle and the Thunder Bird
  49. 49Why Lightning Strikes the Trees
  50. 50The Making of Lakes and Mountains
  51. 51Origin of Races
  52. 52Origin of Chilcotin Cañon
  53. 53Origins of Animals
  54. 54Bird Beginnings
  55. 55Mosquitoes
  56. 56Origin of Death
  57. 57Duration of Human Life
  58. 58How Death Came
  59. 59Origin of Arrowheads
  60. 60Origin of Carved House Posts
  61. 61The Wind-power Carving
  62. 62Calendar
  63. 63Calendar
  64. 64Calendar
  65. 65How the Indians First Obtained Blankets
  66. 66Hunting in the Snow Mountains
  67. 67Coyote’s Gift of the Salmon and the Cañon of the Fraser River
  68. 68The Coming of the Salmon
  69. 69Coyote and the Salmon
  70. 70Wolverene and the Geese
  71. 71Nanebojo and the Geese
  72. 72Adventures of Nanebojo
  73. 73Wiske-djak and the Geese
  74. 74Wiske-djak and the Partridges
  75. 75Wiske-djak and Great Beaver
  76. 76Nenebuc
  77. 77Nenebuc and Big Bear
  78. 78Coyote and Fox
  79. 79The Venturesome Hare
  80. 80Rabbit and Frog
  81. 81Big Turtle
  82. 82Wolverene and Rock
  83. 83Raven’s Canoe Men
  84. 84Raven and Pitchman
  85. 85When Raven Married Off His Sister
  86. 86Beaver and Porcupine
  87. 87Beaver and Porcupine
  88. 88Beaver and Deer
  89. 89Eagle’s Feast
  90. 90When Chickadee Climbed a Tree
  91. 91Redbird and Blackbird
  92. 92Little Gray Woodpecker
  93. 93Owl
  94. 94Chipmunk
  95. 95Muskrat’s Tail
  96. 96Wolverene and Brant
  97. 97War of the Four Tribes
  98. 98Tradition of Iroquois Falls
  99. 99The Giantess and the Indian
  100. 100The Destruction of Monsters

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