Various
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664640284
Table of Contents
How Old Man Above Created the World
The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World
Old Man Above and the Grizzlies
The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood
The Flood and the Theft of Fire
Legend of the Flood in Sacramento Valley
The Earth-Hardening After the Flood
The Origins of the Totems and of Names
The Migration of the Water People
Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range
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
(As given by Mr. Stephen Powers, 1877.) (4)
The Search for the Corn Maidens
Sand Painting of the Song-Hunter