Myths and Legends of British North America Selected and Edited
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MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
BELIEFS
BELIEFS
BELIEFS
CREATION OF THE WORLD
HOW THE EARTH WAS FORMED
OLD ONE AND CREATION
CREATION OF THE EARTH
RAVEN AND CREATION
ORIGIN OF RIVERS IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS
ORIGIN OF HAIDA LAND
RAVEN AND MOON WOMAN
ORIGIN OF LIGHT
ORIGIN OF LIGHT
CREATION OF LIGHT
COMING OF FIRE
HOW GRIZZLY BEAR AND COYOTE MADE LIGHT AND THE SEASONS
ORIGIN OF LIGHT AND FIRE
HOW FIRE WAS SECURED
HOW RAVEN BROUGHT FIRE
WHEN MINK CARRIED THE TORCHES
OLD ONE
THE GREAT FIRE
THE BURNING OF THE WORLD
THE HOUSE OF SUN
WHY THE SUN IS BRIGHT
WHEN SUN WAS SNARED
SUN AND MOON
THE MAN IN THE MOON
WHY THE MOON IS PALE
THE WOMAN IN THE MOON
MOON
WAR WITH THE SKY PEOPLE
HOW TWO SISTERS GOT OUT OF SKY LAND
ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES
THE STAR HUNTERS
THE GREAT BEAR AND THE HUNTER
HOW THE SUMMER CAME
THE RAINBOW TRAIL
ORIGIN OF THE CHINOOK WIND[3]
WHEN GLACIER MARRIED CHINOOK’S DAUGHTER
MINK’S WAR WITH THE SOUTHEAST WIND
WHEN NORTH’S SON MARRIED SOUTHEAST’S DAUGHTER[5]
CAPTURE OF WIND
HOW WIND BECAME A SLAVE
THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND RAIN
THUNDER
TURTLE AND THE THUNDER BIRD
WHY LIGHTNING STRIKES THE TREES
THE MAKING OF LAKES AND MOUNTAINS
ORIGIN OF RACES[6]
ORIGIN OF CHILCOTIN CAÑON
ORIGINS OF ANIMALS
BIRD BEGINNINGS
MOSQUITOES
ORIGIN OF DEATH
DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE
HOW DEATH CAME
ORIGIN OF ARROWHEADS
ORIGIN OF CARVED HOUSE POSTS
THE WIND-POWER CARVING
CALENDAR
CALENDAR
CALENDAR
HOW THE INDIANS FIRST OBTAINED BLANKETS
HUNTING IN THE SNOW MOUNTAINS
COYOTE’S GIFT OF THE SALMON AND THE CAÑON OF THE FRASER RIVER
THE COMING OF THE SALMON
COYOTE AND THE SALMON
WOLVERENE AND THE GEESE
NANEBOJO AND THE GEESE
ADVENTURES OF NANEBOJO
WISKE-DJAK[7] AND THE GEESE
WISKE-DJAK AND THE PARTRIDGES
WISKE-DJAK AND GREAT BEAVER
NENEBUC[8]
NENEBUC AND BIG BEAR
COYOTE AND FOX
THE VENTURESOME HARE
RABBIT AND FROG
BIG TURTLE
WOLVERENE AND ROCK
RAVEN’S CANOE MEN
RAVEN AND PITCHMAN
WHEN RAVEN MARRIED OFF HIS SISTER
BEAVER AND PORCUPINE
BEAVER AND PORCUPINE
BEAVER AND DEER
EAGLE’S FEAST[9]
WHEN CHICKADEE CLIMBED A TREE
REDBIRD AND BLACKBIRD
LITTLE GRAY WOODPECKER
OWL
CHIPMUNK
MUSKRAT’S TAIL
WOLVERENE AND BRANT
WAR OF THE FOUR TRIBES
TRADITION OF IROQUOIS FALLS[10]
THE GIANTESS AND THE INDIAN
THE DESTRUCTION OF MONSTERS
FOOTNOTES
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