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The dawn of the world : myths and tales of the Miwok Indians of California / collected and edited by C. Hart Merriam ; introduction to the Bison book edition by Lowell J. Bean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Miwok Indians--Legends.
- Miwok Indians.
- Miwok Indians--Religion and mythology.
- Tales--California.
- Tales.
- Legends.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- The stories collected here were related by the Miwok elders "after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremonial roundhouse and always at night by the dim light of a flickering fire". Included are creation myths and accounts of the First People, beings who antedated humans, as well as tales about animals, death, ghosts, witches, giants, and natural phenomena. Photos.
- Notes:
- "A Bison book."
- Originally published: Cleveland : Arthur H. Clark Co., 1910.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803281935
- 0803231644
- OCLC:
- 27034910
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