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Seneca Indian Myths

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by Jeremiah Curtin

Start Reading Note Contents Summer Conquers Winter Skagédi And The Man-Eater Géha Aids A Deserted Boy The Adventures of Wolf-Marked Okteondon and His Uncle, The Planter, or, Winter Delaying Spring A Battle Between Frost and Whirlwind Hótho Conquers Shagodyoweg Gowa Summer Kills Autumn and is Herself Killed by Winter Géha, The Friend of a Deserted Boy Whirlwind and Panther A Bird in Search of a Mate The Origin of Stories The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star Two Young Men Who Went to ''The Blue'', Speaker and Definer The Trials and Death of Inchworm Gáqga´The Thunder Boy Grandfather and Grandson and an Eagle Woman The Great Spirit Overpowers the Cold and Frost of Winter, Stone Coats Man-Eater and his Brother Whirlwind Owl and his Jealous Wife Okteondon And His Uncle Tree Worm and his Mother-In-Law, Barkworm Cold and Frost, or Stone Coat Women The Ganyo Gowa Wolf and the Old Woman's Grandson A Race Between Bear and Turtle The Grandmother and Grandson Bald Eagle Sends Mud-Turtle to the Edge of the World The Boy Who Learned the Songs of Birds The Coming of Spring or The Wadyonyondyes Girls The Creation of Men (Indians)The Buffalo Women The Ghost Woman Wíshakon and his Friend Visit the Pléthoak (Thunders)The Adventures Of Haníshéonon Stone Coat, Cold and Frost Rain Old Man and the Horned Snake (Lightning)Whirlwind and her Husband The Bird Medicine Hagowane and his Ten Sons Coon Deceives Crawfish The Deserted Boy Dagwanoenyent (Whirlwind)Hótho (Cold)Flying-Squirrel and the Seasons The Adventures of Yellowbird The Young Woman and Thunder Partridge and Turtle and their Cousins Wolves Thousand-Legs and Bright Body his Son A Young Man Rescued by a Toad A Man Pursued by his Uncle and by his Wife A Lazy Man Swan's Daughters Marry Earthquake's Son Hodadeion and his Sister A Little Boy and his Dog, Beautiful Ears Quail Kills Cold Weather and the Thunder Family Gáqga´ and Skagédi The Man-Eater and his Younger Brother The Rabbit Brothers Mink and his Uncle The Fox and Rabbit A Warrior Cared for by Wolves Dogs Save Their Master The Deserted Village War Between Senecas and Cherokees Turtle on the War-Path The Great Snake Battle The Hunter Who Became A Fish Two Seneca Women Escape From Cherokee Captivity A Dead Man Speaks Through Fire The Feast of the Whirlwinds Thunder Destroys Horned Snake The Friendship of an Otter How Chipmunks Got Their Stripes Child Fed and Cared for by a Porcupine and a Bear A Brother and Sister Pursued by a Man-Eater A Racoon Story The Moose Woman The Adventures Of Gányage Gowa Turkey's Brother goes in Search of a Wife The Twelve Brothers and Their Uncle, Dagwanoenyent Uncle and Nephew A Man Chased by the Ancient of Lizards The Great Bear and the Six Hunters, or, The Seven Stars of the Dipper The Chipmunk and the Bear The Wren The Twelve Stars The Woman and Dog in the Moon A Man Conquers Stone Coat (Ice and Cold)Glossary