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38 entries · 5 sections

by Edward Sapir

Start Reading Page Index Contents Introductory Remarks

I. Central Dialect (Gat‘ā'?i)

I. Flint Boy II. The Theft Of Fire And The Burning Of The World III. The Visit of the Geese People to Mount Shasta IV. Bluejay's Journey to the Land of the Moon V. The Creation of the Yana VI. Origin of Sex, Hands, and Death VII. Coyote and his Sister

II. Northern Dialect (Garī'?i.)

X. Coyote, Pine Marten, and Loon XI. The Drowning of Young Buzzard's Wife XII. Coyote, Heron, and Lizard XIII. The Finding of Fire XIV. Indian Medicine-Men XVI. A Lovers' Quarrel XVII. Childbirth and Death XVIII. Death and Burial XIX. Betty Brown's Dream XX. Spell Said by a Girl Desirous of Getting A Husband XXI. Curse on People That Wish One Ill XII. Prayer on Sneezing

Supplementary Texts

XXIII. The Rolling Skull XXIV. Grizzly Bear and Deer

III. Supplementary Yana Myths

I. The Creation of Men II. The Contest of Fox and Coyote III. The Lost Brother IV. The Flints and Grizzly Bears V. ‘I'lhat?aina VI. Fixing the Sun VII. Woodpecker and Woodrat VIII. Rabbit Woman and her Child IX. Coyote and Rabbit Gamble X. Gopher and Rabbit Gamble XI. Coyote and the Stump XII. Loon Woman XIII. Pine Marten's Quest for Moon's Daughter