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Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest

by Katharine Berry Judson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Beginning of Newness
  3. 3The Men of the Early Times
  4. 4Creation and Longevity
  5. 5Old Mole’s Creation
  6. 6The Creation of the World
  7. 7Spider’s Creation
  8. 8The Gods and the Six Regions
  9. 9How Old Man Above Created the World
  10. 10The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World
  11. 11Origin of Light
  12. 12Pokoh, the Old Man
  13. 13Thunder and Lightning
  14. 14Creation of Man
  15. 15The First Man and Woman
  16. 16Old Man Above and the Grizzlies
  17. 17The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood
  18. 18The Birds and the Flood
  19. 19Legend of the Flood
  20. 20The Great Flood
  21. 21The Flood and the Theft of Fire
  22. 22Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley
  23. 23The Fable of the Animals
  24. 24Coyote and Sun
  25. 25The Course of the Sun
  26. 26The Foxes and the Sun
  27. 27The Theft of Fire
  28. 28The Theft of Fire
  29. 29The Earth-Hardening After the Flood
  30. 30The Origins of the Totems and of Names
  31. 31Traditions of Wanderings
  32. 32The Migration of the Water People
  33. 33Coyote and the Mesquite Beans
  34. 34Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range
  35. 35Yosemite Valley
  36. 36Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu’-La (el Capitan)
  37. 37Legend of Tis-Se’-Yak (South Dome and North Dome)
  38. 38Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne
  39. 39California Big Trees
  40. 40The Children of Cloud
  41. 41The Cloud People
  42. 42Rain Song
  43. 43Rain Song
  44. 44Rain Song
  45. 45The Corn Maidens
  46. 46The Search for the Corn Maidens
  47. 47Hasjelti and Hostjoghon
  48. 48The Song-Hunter
  49. 49Sand Painting of the Song-Hunter
  50. 50The Guiding Duck and the Lake of Death
  51. 51The Boy Who Became A God
  52. 52Origin of Clear Lake
  53. 53The Great Fire
  54. 54Origin of the Raven and the Macaw
  55. 55Coyote and the Hare
  56. 56Coyote and the Quails
  57. 57Coyote and the Fawns
  58. 58How the Bluebird Got Its Color
  59. 59Coyote’s Eyes
  60. 60Coyote and the Tortillas
  61. 61Coyote as a Hunter
  62. 62How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite
  63. 63Coyote and the Rattlesnake
  64. 64Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti
  65. 65The Thirsty Quails
  66. 66The Boy and the Beast
  67. 67Why the Apaches Are Fierce
  68. 68Speech on the Warpath
  69. 69The Spirit Land
  70. 70Song of the Ghost Dance

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