Dawn of the World: Contents

Preface	15
Introduction	17
Note	29
Part I: Ancient Myths
How Wit'-tab-bah the Robin got his Red Breast	33
How Ah-hā'-le stole the Sun for the Valley People	35
How Ah-hā'-le stole the Morning	45
How Tol'-le-loo stole the Fire for the Mountain People	49
Why the Lizard Man did not restore Dead People to Life	55
The Coyote and the Lizard	59
How the People got Five Fingers; How they obtained Fire; and How they broke up into Tribes	61
The Birth of Wek'-wek and the Creation of Man	67
Ke'-lok and his Han-na'-boo	75
The Creation of Man	83
How they got the Fire	89
How Kah'-kool the Raven became a Great Hunter	93
How Kah'-kah-loo the Ravens became People	101
The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Northern Mewuk	103
The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Tuolumne Mewuk	111
How the Children of He-le'-jah became People	115
The Greed of His'-sik the Skunk	117
Nek'-na-ka'-tah the Rock Maiden	123
The jealousy of Wek'-wek and the Death of Lo'-wut	127
The Defeat of O-la'-nah	135
How Sah'-te set the World on Fire	139
How Cha'-ka shot out the Sun	153
How Wek'-wek was saved from the Flood	157
Why the Bodega Bay Indians can not stand Cold	159
Hoi-ah'-ko Tales of the Southern Mewuk	163
Oo-wel'-lin the Rock Giant	169
Tim-me-la'-le the Thunder	173
Wek'-wek’s Search for his Father	179
Wek'-wek’s Search for his Sister	191
Wek'-wek’s Visit to the Underworld People	195
Tah'-low the Thunder and Tah'-kip the Lightning	199
He'-koo-lās the Sun-woman	201
How O'-ye discovered his Wife	203
Part 2: Present Day Myths
Beliefs concerning Animals	209
How Bears resemble People and like to Dance How He-le'-jah the Cougar hunts Deer How Too-le'-ze the Timber-wolf hunts Deer The Stump and the Lost Dog The First Teeth go to Soo-wah-tah the Gopher O-lel'-le' the Mysterious Bird of Cold Springs Soo-koo'-me the Great Horned Owl The Meadowlark, a Gossip and Maker of Trouble Ki'-kil-ah the Mountain Bluejay Where Ducks and Geese go to Breed Po'-ko-moo the Poison Spider Where Koo'-tah the Money-clam came from
Beliefs concerning Ghosts and the Sign of Death	217
Ghosts follow the Pathway of the Wind Three Birds scream to frighten the Ghosts Ghosts may come back in Soo-koo'-me the Owl A Hole in the Nose saves turning into a Fish What good and bad Ghosts turn into Ghosts hide in Stumps and Whirlwinds Ghosts search for a Big Animal in the Ocean Wah-tib'-sah the Sign of Death
Beliefs concerning Natural Phenomena	223
Thunder The Rainbow The Earthquake Noise The Echo How the World Grew
Beliefs concerning Witches, Pigmies, Giants and other Fabulous Beings	227
How Witches kill People Pigmies and Water People The Devil of San Rafael Ho-ha'-pe the River Mermaid The Rock Giants
Scientific Names of the Animals	237
Scientific Names of the Trees and other Plants	241
Bibliography of California Mythology	243
Index	247