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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. |
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Key to characters used |
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I. CENTRAL DIALECT (Gatā'?i). |
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Myths. |
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I. Flint Boy |
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II. The Theft of Fire and the Burning of the World |
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III. The Visit of the Geese People to Mt. Shasta |
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IV. Bluejay's Journey to the Land of the Moon |
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V. The Creation of the Yana |
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VI. Origin of Sex, Hands, and Death |
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VII. Coyote and His Sister |
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VIII. Coyote and His Mother-in-Law |
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IX. The Rolling Skull. |
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II. NORTHERN DIALECT (Garī'?i). |
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Myths. |
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X. Coyote, Pine-Marten, and Loon |
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XI. The Drowning of Young Buzzard's Wife |
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XII. Coyote, Heron, and Lizard |
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XIII. The Finding of Fire (from Curtin's "Creation Myths of Primitive America") |
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Narratives and Customs |
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XIV. Indian Medicine Men |
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XV. Marriage |
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XVI. A Lovers' Quarrel |
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XVII. Childbirth and Death |
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XVIII. Death and Burial |
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XIX. Betty Brown's Dream |
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XX. Spell said by a Girl desirous of Getting a Husband |
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XXI. Curse on People that wish one Ill |
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XXII. Prayer on Sneezing |
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Supplementary Texts, collected by Dr. R. B. Dixon. |
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XXIII. The Rolling Skull |
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XXIV. Grizzly Bear and Deer |
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III. SUPPLEMENTARY YANA MYTHS, collected by Dr. R. B. Dixon. |
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I. The Creation of Man |
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II. The Contest of Fox and Coyote |
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III. The Lost Brother |
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IV. The Flints and Grizzly Bears |
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V. I'lhat?aina |
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VI. Fixing the Sun |
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VII. Woodpecker and Woodrat |
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VIII. Rabbit Woman and Her Child |
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IX. Coyote and Rabbit Gamble |
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X. Gopher and Rabbit Gamble |
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XI. Coyote and the Stump |
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XII. Loon Woman |
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XIII. Pine Marten's Quest for Moon's Daughter |