MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OLD SOUTHWEST

Compiled and Edited by Katharine Berry Judson

Preface

The Beginning of Newness

The Men of the Early Times

Creation and Longevity

Old Mole's Creation

The Creation of the World

Spider's Creation

The Gods and the Six Regions

How Old Man Above Created the World

The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World

Origin of Light

Pokoh, the Old Man

Thunder and Lightning

Creation of Man

The First Man And Woman

Old Man Above and the Grizzlies

The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood

The Birds and the Flood

Legend of the Flood

The Great Flood

The Flood and the Theft of Fire

Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley

The Fable of the Animals

Coyote and Sun

The Course of the Sun

The Foxes and the Sun

The Theft of Fire

The Theft of Fire

The Earth-Hardening After the Flood

The Origins of the Totems and of Names

Traditions of Wanderings

The Migration of the Water People

Coyote and the Mesquite Beans

Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range

Yosemite Valley

Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan)

Legend of Tis-Se'-Yak (South Dome and North Dome)

Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne

California Big Trees

The Children of Cloud

The Cloud People

Rain Song

Rain Song

Rain Song

The Corn Maidens

The Search for the Corn Maidens

Hasjelti and Hostjoghon

The Song-Hunter

Sand Painting of the Song-Hunter

The Guiding Duck and the Lake of Death

The Boy Who Became A God

Origin of Clear Lake

The Great Fire

Origin of the Raven and the Macaw

Coyote and the Hare

Coyote and the Quails

Coyote and the Fawns

How the Bluebird Got its Color

Coyote's Eyes

Coyote and the Tortillas

Coyote as a Hunter

How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite

Coyote and the Rattlesnake

Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti

The Thirsty Quails

The Boy and the Beast

Why the Apaches are Fierce

Speech on the Warpath

The Spirit Land

Song of the Ghost Dance