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INTRODUCTION |
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Mythology of the Northern Central Region |
170 |
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Maidu |
171 |
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Wintun |
175 |
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Yana |
178 |
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Shasta-Achomawi |
179 |
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Lutuami |
182 |
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Yuki |
183 |
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Mythology of the Southern Central Region |
187 |
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Costanoan |
191 |
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Miwok |
191 |
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Yokuts |
192 |
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Shoshonean |
194 |
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General Characterization |
195 |
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Comparison of Mythologies of North and South Central |
196 |
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THE MYTHS |
199 |
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1. Rumsien Costanoan. The Beginning of the World |
199 |
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2. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote |
200 |
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3. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and the Hummingbird |
201 |
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4. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Wife |
201 |
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5. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Children |
201 |
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6. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote with a Thorn in his Eye |
202 |
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7. Pohonichi Miwok. The Beginning of the World |
202 |
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8. Pohonichi Miwok. The Theft of Fire |
202 |
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9. Pohonichi Miwok. The Origin of Death |
203 |
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10. Pohonichi Miwok. The Bear and Deer Children |
203 |
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11. Gashowu Yokuts. The Beginning of the World |
204 |
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12. Gashowu Yokuts. The Origin of Death |
205 |
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13. Gashowu Yokuts. The Owl Doctor |
205 |
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14. Gashowu Yokuts. Coyote, the Hawk, and the Condor |
205 |
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15. Truhohi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World |
209 |
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16. Truhohi Yokuts. The Theft of Fire |
211 |
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17. Truhohi Yokuts. The Origin of Death |
212 |
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18. Tachi Yokuts. The Owners of the Sun |
212 |
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19. Tachi Yokuts. The Race of the Antelope and Deer |
213 |
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20. Tachi Yokuts. The Pleiades |
213 |
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21. Tachi Yokuts. The Wolf and the Crane |
214 |
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22. Tachi Yokuts. The Bald Eagle and the Prairie Falcon |
214 |
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23. Tachi Yokuts. The Thunder Twins |
215 |
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24. Tachi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead |
216 |
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25. Wükchamni Yokuts. The Beginning of the World |
219 |
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26. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Origin of Fire |
219 |
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27. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle and the Condor |
219 |
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28. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle's Son |
220 |
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29. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Fights |
221 |
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30. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon's Wife |
221 |
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31. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses |
223 |
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32. Yaudanchi Yokuts. War of the Foothill and Plains People |
223 |
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33. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Thunder and Whirlwind |
225 |
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34. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Mikiti |
225 |
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35. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead |
228 |
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36. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Man and the Owls. A Tale |
228 |
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37. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World |
229 |
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38. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Origin of Death |
231 |
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39. Yauelmani Yokuts. Coyote's Adventures and the Prairie Falcon's Blindness |
231 |
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40. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses |
240 |
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41. Gitanemuk Shoshonean. The Panther's Children and Coyote |
243 |
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III. |
ABSTRACTS |
245 |
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