CONTENTS 



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Introduction 385 



Cosmogonic myths 386 



1. The obtaining of fire 386 



2. The Fire woman 387 



3. The origin of death 388 



4. The council for apportionment 389 



5. Ghana : di punishes his sons 389 



6. The sons of Ghana: di and the Little Person 390 



7. The origin of com 391 



8. Thunder kills an Ugh{a)dhe:n{a) 391 



9. Thunder's brother-in-law 392 



10. Vtsa :yi 393 



11. Notes on Stoneclad 397 



12. The origin of the Pleiades 398 



Animal myths 398 



1. The Possum and the Terrapin are tried for killing the Wolf 398 



2. How the Bear lost his tail 400 



3. How the Groundhog lost his tail 401 



4. The contest of the deer for sexual differentiation 401 



Avian myths 401 



1. The bird that was ashamed of his feet 401 



2. The birds select a chief 402 



3. The man and the Fishinghawk 403 



4. The Crane leads the dance 403 



Adventures of the trickster Rabbit 404 



1. The Rabbit dupes the Fox 404 



2. The Rabbit dupes the Wildcat 405 



3. The Rabbit dupes the Otter 405 



4. The Rabbit dupes the Possum 406 



5. The Rabbit dupes the Wolf 407 



6. The Rabbit and the Terrapin dupe the Wolf 408 



7. The Deer dupes the Rabbit.- 409 



8. The Rabbit goes duck huntmg 410 



9. The Rabbit destroys Stoneclad 410 



10. The Rabbit steals the mask of the son of U: ghv 411 



Stories of Fleakiller 411 



1. Fleakiller avenges his mother 411 



2. Fleakiller plays kick ball 412 



3. The Little People take Fleakiller bear hunting. _ 413 



4. Fleakiller kills a dha:ghwv 414 



Wonder stories 415 



1. The water dwellers 415 



2. The jealous father-in-law 416 



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