CONTENTS.

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I.	INTRODUCTION	169
	Mythology of the Northern Central Region	170
	Maidu	171
	Wintun	175
	Yana	178
	Shasta-Achomawi	179
	Lutuami	182
	Yuki	183
	Mythology of the Southern Central Region	187
	Costanoan	191
	Miwok	191
	Yokuts	192
	Shoshonean	194
	General Characterization	195
	Comparison of Mythologies of North and South Central	196
II.	THE MYTHS	199
	1. Rumsien Costanoan. The Beginning of the World	199
	2. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote	200
	3. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and the Hummingbird	201
	4. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Wife	201
	5. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Children	201
	6. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote with a Thorn in his Eye	202
	7. Pohonichi Miwok. The Beginning of the World	202
	8. Pohonichi Miwok. The Theft of Fire	202
	9. Pohonichi Miwok. The Origin of Death	203
	10. Pohonichi Miwok. The Bear and Deer Children	203
	11. Gashowu Yokuts. The Beginning of the World	204
	12. Gashowu Yokuts. The Origin of Death	205
	13. Gashowu Yokuts. The Owl Doctor	205

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	14. Gashowu Yokuts. Coyote, the Hawk, and the Condor	205
	15. Truhohi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World	209
	16. Truhohi Yokuts. The Theft of Fire	211
	17. Truhohi Yokuts. The Origin of Death	212
	18. Tachi Yokuts. The Owners of the Sun	212
	19. Tachi Yokuts. The Race of the Antelope and Deer	213
	20. Tachi Yokuts. The Pleiades	213
	21. Tachi Yokuts. The Wolf and the Crane	214
	22. Tachi Yokuts. The Bald Eagle and the Prairie Falcon	214
	23. Tachi Yokuts. The Thunder Twins	215
	24. Tachi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead	216
	25. Wükchamni Yokuts. The Beginning of the World	219
	26. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Origin of Fire	219
	27. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle and the Condor	219
	28. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle's Son	220
	29. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Fights	221
	30. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon's Wife	221
	31. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses	223
	32. Yaudanchi Yokuts. War of the Foothill and Plains People	223
	33. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Thunder and Whirlwind	225
	34. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Mikiti	225
	35. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead	228
	36. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Man and the Owls. A Tale	228
	37. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World	229
	38. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Origin of Death	231
	39. Yauelmani Yokuts. Coyote's Adventures and the Prairie Falcon's Blindness	231
	40. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses	240
	41. Gitanemuk Shoshonean. The Panther's Children and Coyote	243
III.	ABSTRACTS	245

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