Description |
144 pages, 49 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm |
Note |
Originally published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1910. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
Myths and legends of the Nanaimo, Hat Creek, Klamath, Shastan, Nez Percé, Pit River, Tillamook, Tinne, Kwakiutl, Eskimo, Modoc, Siouan, Yakima, Cowlitz, Chinook, Klickitat, Teton, Okanogan, Nootka, Athabascan, Flathead, Clatsop, and Wabanski Indians. |
Contents |
The origin of daylight -- How Silver-Fox created the world -- How Kemush created the world -- The robe of Kemush -- How Qawaneca created the world -- How Old Man Above created the world -- Old Man Above and the grizzlies -- Duration of life -- How coyote stole fire -- How beaver stole fire -- How dog stole fire -- The bridge of the gods -- The Dalles -- The story of Ashish -- Creation of mankind -- As-ai-yahal -- The golden age -- The first totem pole -- Spirit of snow -- Owl and raven -- Cradle song -- Woodrat and rabbits -- Quarrel of sun and moon -- Chinook wind -- The miser of Takhoma -- Why there are no snakes on Takhoma -- Cry-because-he-had-no-wife -- How coyote got his cunning -- The naming of creation -- The bird chief -- The spell of the laughing raven -- Origin of the thunder bird -- Mount Edgecomb, Alaska -- An Indian's vow to the thunder gods -- Chinook ghosts -- The Memaloose Islands -- A visiting ghost -- Origin of the tribes -- How the Okanogans became red -- The copper canoe -- Origin of mineral springs -- How the ermine got its necklace -- Coyote and grizzly -- Coyote and the dragon -- Origin of Spokane Falls -- Coyote in the buffalo country -- Coyote and the salmon -- Falls of the Willamette -- Tallapus and the cedar -- How coyote was killed -- Old grizzly and old antelope -- Legend of the Klickitat basket -- The northern lights. |
Subjects |
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Folklore.
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Indian mythology -- Northwest Coast of North America.
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Legends -- Northwest Coast of North America.
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Genre/Form |
Legends.
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ISBN |
0803275951 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
OCLC # |
35770855 |
Sudoc # |
U5001 T637 -1997 nbdocs |
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