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The Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California, by Constance Goddard DuBois, [1908], at sacred-texts.com


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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS

IN
AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

 

Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 69-186, Pls. 16-19

June 27, 1908

THE RELIGION OF THE LUISEÑO INDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BY

CONSTANCE GODDARD DuBOIS.

CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

Editor's Note

70

 

 

Introduction

73

 

 

Initiation Ceremonies

 

   The Toloache Ceremony

77

   Wanawut, the Sacred Net

85

   The Sand Painting

87

   The Ant Ordeal

91

   The Chungichnish Ceremony of Unish Matakish

92

   Wukunish, the Girl's Ceremony

93

   Sacred Chungichnish Objects

97

 

 

Mourning Ceremonies

 

   The Image Ceremony

100

   The Notish Ceremony

103

 

 

Ceremonial Songs

105

 

 

Myths

128

   Luiseño Creation, Third Version

128

   Luiseño Creation, Fourth Version

138

   Origin of the Notish Mourning Ceremony

148

   A Chungichnish Story

150

   Nahachish

151

   The Spirit Wife

153

   The Dance of the Spirits

154

   The Spring behind the Cemetery

155

   The Walking Tamyush

156

   How Coyote killed the Frog

156

   The Flood

157

p. 70

 

 

 

Traditional Knowledge

 

   Ancestral Landmarks and Descent of Songs

158

   Clans or Traditional Groups

160

   Star Lore and Calendar

162

   The Origin of Music

166

 

 

Appendix I. By C. G. DuBois. Games, Arts, and Industries of the Diegueños and Luiseños

167

Appendix II. By A. L. Kroeber. Notes on the Luiseños

174


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