An edition of Indian myths of the Northwest (1930)

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Indian myths of the Northwest
Clarence Bagley
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An edition of Indian myths of the Northwest (1930)

Indian myths of the Northwest

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Mainly legends and folklore of the Indians of the state of Washington.

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Lowman & Hanford Co.
Language
English
Pages
145

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Subjects
Folklore, Indians of North America, Religion
Places
Pacific Northwest, Washington (State)

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Indian Myths of the Northwest
December 1991, Native Amer Books Distributor
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December 1991, Native Amer Books Distributor
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Indian myths of the Northwest
1971, Shorey Book Store
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1930, Lowman & Hanford Co.
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Table of Contents

Introduction --
Origin of the tribes --
Ancient animal gods --
Speelyai (Coyote) the great Indian god --
Speelyai and his wonderful dog --
Coyote destroys the power of a water god --
Amash, the owl, slain by Coyote --
Speelyai fights Eenumtla --
Coyote outwits the beaver women and supplies the people with salmon --
Rock myths --
Legend of the tick --
Rabbit myths --
Frog and the moon --
Mountain lake myths --
Origin of fire ---
Water nymphs --
Wawa, the mosquito god --
Origin of the chipmunk --
Origin of the loon --
Castiltah, the crayfish or lobster god --
Wak-a-poosh, the rattlesnake --
Tumwater luminous stone god --
Wooden fireman of the Cascades --
Special care of gods over each tribe --
Contest between the Chinook and cold wind brothers --
Speelyai's ascent to heaven --
Coyote's ride on the star --
Coyote and Eagle attempt to bring the dead back from spirit land --
Isle of the dead --
Legend of the stick-pan --
Magic blanket --
Legend of Flathead origin --
Legend of the first flood --
Origin of sun and moon --
Another man in the moon --
Legend of the first frog --
Demon Skana --
Fall of Snoqualm --
Skobia, the skunk --
Tradition of a great Indian battle --
Traditions of Vancouver's appearance --
Twana Thunderbird --
S'Be-ow --
Legend of I-yap-pe-ah --
Tradition of the Elequas Tein or Stick Indians --
Legend of Sup-tah-hees (painted rocks) on Nah-cheez River --
Tradition of Me-ow-wah chief --
Raven and Gull myth --
Elk hunter --
Panther myth --
Origin of Spokane and Palouse Falls --
Origin of the Red Man --
Legend of the Bridge of the Gods --
Hiaqua myth --
Legend of the Dalles.

Edition Notes

Tail-pieces.

Includes index.

Published in
Seattle, Wash
Genre
Folklore.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.22, [970.6], 398.2089797
Library of Congress
E98.F6 B14

The Physical Object

Pagination
145 p. :
Number of pages
145

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14446511M
LCCN
31011887
OCLC/WorldCat
10027067

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