Myths and Legends of British North America

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PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

BELIEFS

BELIEFS (2)

BELIEFS (3)

CREATION OF THE WORLD

HOW THE EARTH WAS FORMED

OLD ONE AND CREATION

CREATION OF THE EARTH

RAVEN AND CREATION

ORIGIN OF RIVERS IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS

ORIGIN OF HAIDA LAND

RAVEN AND MOON WOMAN

ORIGIN OF LIGHT

ORIGIN OF LIGHT (2)

CREATION OF LIGHT

COMING OF FIRE

HOW GRIZZLY BEAR AND COYOTE MADE LIGHT AND THE SEASONS

ORIGIN OF LIGHT AND FIRE

HOW FIRE WAS SECURED

HOW RAVEN BROUGHT FIRE

WHEN MINK CARRIED THE TORCHES

OLD ONE

THE GREAT FIRE

THE BURNING OF THE WORLD

THE HOUSE OF SUN

WHY THE SUN IS BRIGHT

WHEN SUN WAS SNARED

SUN AND MOON

THE MAN IN THE MOON

WHY THE MOON IS PALE

THE WOMAN IN THE MOON

MOON

WAR WITH THE SKY PEOPLE

HOW TWO SISTERS GOT OUT OF SKY LAND

ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES

THE STAR HUNTERS

THE GREAT BEAR AND THE HUNTER

HOW THE SUMMER CAME

THE RAINBOW TRAIL

ORIGIN OF THE CHINOOK WIND [3]

WHEN GLACIER MARRIED CHINOOK'S DAUGHTER

MINK'S WAR WITH THE SOUTHEAST WIND

WHEN NORTH'S SON MARRIED SOUTHEAST'S DAUGHTER [5]

CAPTURE OF WIND

HOW WIND BECAME A SLAVE

THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND RAIN

THUNDER

TURTLE AND THE THUNDER BIRD

WHY LIGHTNING STRIKES THE TREES

THE MAKING OF LAKES AND MOUNTAINS

ORIGIN OF RACES [6]

ORIGIN OF CHILCOTIN CAnON

ORIGINS OF ANIMALS

BIRD BEGINNINGS

MOSQUITOES

ORIGIN OF DEATH

DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE

HOW DEATH CAME

ORIGIN OF ARROWHEADS

ORIGIN OF CARVED HOUSE POSTS

THE WIND-POWER CARVING

CALENDAR

CALENDAR (2)

CALENDAR (3)

HOW THE INDIANS FIRST OBTAINED BLANKETS

HUNTING IN THE SNOW MOUNTAINS

COYOTE'S GIFT OF THE SALMON AND THE CAnON OF THE FRASER RIVER

THE COMING OF THE SALMON

COYOTE AND THE SALMON

WOLVERENE AND THE GEESE

NANEBOJO AND THE GEESE

ADVENTURES OF NANEBOJO

WISKE-DJAK [7] AND THE GEESE

WISKE-DJAK AND THE PARTRIDGES

WISKE-DJAK AND GREAT BEAVER

NENEBUC [8]

NENEBUC AND BIG BEAR

COYOTE AND FOX

THE VENTURESOME HARE

RABBIT AND FROG

BIG TURTLE

WOLVERENE AND ROCK

RAVEN'S CANOE MEN

RAVEN AND PITCHMAN

WHEN RAVEN MARRIED OFF HIS SISTER

BEAVER AND PORCUPINE

BEAVER AND PORCUPINE (2)

BEAVER AND DEER

EAGLE'S FEAST [9]

WHEN CHICKADEE CLIMBED A TREE

REDBIRD AND BLACKBIRD

LITTLE GRAY WOODPECKER

OWL

CHIPMUNK

MUSKRAT'S TAIL

WOLVERENE AND BRANT

WAR OF THE FOUR TRIBES

TRADITION OF IROQUOIS FALLS [10]

THE GIANTESS AND THE INDIAN

THE DESTRUCTION OF MONSTERS

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

Haida Totem Poles
Indian genealogical trees
From “Memoirs, American Museum of Natural History”

MYTHS AND LEGENDS
OF
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

SELECTED AND EDITED BY
KATHARINE BERRY JUDSON

ILLUSTRATED

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1917
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