Contents
Contents
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Note | |
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| PART I: ANCIENT MYTHS |
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| How Wit'-tab-bah the Robin got his Red Breast | |
| How Ah-hā'-le stole the Sun for the Valley People | |
| How Ah-hā'-le stole the Morning | |
| How Tol'-le-loo stole the Fire for the Mountain People | |
| Why the Lizard Man did not restore Dead People to Life | |
| The Coyote and the Lizard | |
| How the People got Five Fingers; How they obtained Fire; and How they broke up into Tribes | |
| The Birth of Wek'-wek and the Creation of Man | |
| Ke'-lok and his Han-na'-boo | |
| The Creation of Man | |
| How they got the Fire | |
| How Kah'-kool the Raven became a Great Hunter | |
| How Kah'-kah-loo the Ravens became People | |
| The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Northern Mewuk | |
| The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Tuolumne Mewuk | |
| How the Children of He-le'-jah became People | |
| The Greed of His'-sik the Skunk | |
| Nek'-na-ka'-tah the Rock Maiden | |
| The jealousy of Wek'-wek and the Death of Lo'-wut | |
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| The Defeat of O-la'-nah | |
| How Sah'-te set the World on Fire | |
| How Cha'-ka shot out the Sun | |
| How Wek'-wek was saved from the Flood | |
| Why the Bodega Bay Indians can not stand Cold | |
| Hoi-ah'-ko Tales of the Southern Mewuk | |
| Oo-wel'-lin the Rock Giant | |
| Tim-me-la'-le the Thunder | |
| Wek'-wek's Search for his Father | |
| Wek'-wek's Search for his Sister | |
| Wek'-wek's Visit to the Underworld People | |
| Tah'-low the Thunder and Tah'-kip the Lightning | |
| He'-koo-lās the Sun-woman | |
| How O'-ye discovered his Wife | |
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| PART 2: PRESENT DAY MYTHS |
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| Beliefs concerning Animals | |
| How Bears resemble People and like to Dance |
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| How He-le'-jah the Cougar hunts Deer |
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| How Too-le'-ze the Timber-wolf hunts Deer |
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| The Stump and the Lost Dog |
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| The First Teeth go to Soo-wah-tah the Gopher |
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| O-lel'-le' the Mysterious Bird of Cold Springs |
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| Soo-koo'-me the Great Horned Owl |
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| The Meadowlark, a Gossip and Maker of Trouble |
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| Ki'-kil-ah the Mountain Bluejay |
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| Where Ducks and Geese go to Breed |
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| Po'-ko-moo the Poison Spider |
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| Where Koo'-tah the Money-clam came from |
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| Beliefs concerning Ghosts and the Sign of Death | |
| Ghosts follow the Pathway of the Wind |
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| Three Birds scream to frighten the Ghosts |
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| Ghosts may come back in Soo-koo'-me the Owl |
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| A Hole in the Nose saves turning into a Fish |
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| What good and bad Ghosts turn into |
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| Ghosts hide in Stumps and Whirlwinds |
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| Ghosts search for a Big Animal in the Ocean |
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| Wah-tib'-sah the Sign of Death |
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| Beliefs concerning Natural Phenomena | |
| Thunder |
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| The Rainbow |
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| The Earthquake |
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| Noise |
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| The Echo |
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| How the World Grew and Beliefs concerning Witches, Pigmies, Giants and other Fabulous Beings | |
| How Witches kill People |
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| Pigmies and Water People |
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| The Devil of San Rafael |
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| Ho-ha'-pe the River Mermaid |
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| The Rock Giants |
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| Scientific Names of the Animals | |
| Scientific Names of the Trees and other Plants | |
| Bibliography of California Mythology | |
| Index | 247 |