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ACHOMAWI AND ATSUGEWI TALES.

ACHOMAWI MYTHS

by Roland B. Dixon

JAFL Vol. 22, no. 81, pp. 159-77 [1908] and JAFL Vol. 23, no. 85, pp. 283-7 [1909].

These two articles include myths of the Achomawi and Atsugewi, who lived in the north-eastern Sierra Nevada of California.


Title Page

Achomawi and Atsugewi Tales

Introduction
1. Creation Myth (Achomawi)
2. The Making of Daylight (Achomawi)
3. Hawk-Man (Achomawi)
4. Search For Fire (Achomawi)
5. Loon-Woman (Achomawi)
6. The Lost Brother (Achomawi)
7. Bluejay and Lizard and the Grizzly-Bears (Achomawi)
8. Silver-Fox And Coyote (Achomawi)
9. The Mole and the Sun (Achomawi)
10. Coyote And Cloud (Achomawi)
11. Creation Myth (Atsugewi)
12. Flint-Man, The Search For Fire, And Loon Woman (Atsugewi)

Achomawi Myths

Note
1. Pine-Marten Marries the Bead Sisters
2. Kangaroo-Rat Races with Coyote and Others
3. The Buzzard Brothers and Wood-Worm
4. The House of Silver-Fox
5. Fish-Hawk and His Daughter