{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow01.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow01.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\n| Preface | 15 | \n| Introduction | 17 | \n| Note | 29 | \n| | | \n| PART I: ANCIENT MYTHS | | \n| How Wit'-tab-bah the Robin got his Red Breast | 33 | \n| How Ah-h\u0101'-le stole the Sun for the Valley People | 35 | \n| How Ah-h\u0101'-le stole the Morning | 45 | \n| How Tol'-le-loo stole the Fire for the Mountain People | 49 | \n| Why the Lizard Man did not restore Dead People to Life | 55 | \n| The Coyote and the Lizard | 59 | \n| How the People got Five Fingers; How they obtained Fire; and How they broke up into Tribes | 61 | \n| The Birth of Wek'-wek and the Creation of Man | 67 | \n| Ke'-lok and his Han-na'-boo | 75 | \n| The Creation of Man | 83 | \n| How they got the Fire | 89 | \n| How Kah'-kool the Raven became a Great Hunter | 93 | \n| How Kah'-kah-loo the Ravens became People | 101 | \n| The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Northern Mewuk | 103 | \n| The Bear and the Fawns, as told by the Tuolumne Mewuk | 111 | \n| How the Children of He-le'-jah became People | 115 | \n| The Greed of His'-sik the Skunk | 117 | \n| Nek'-na-ka'-tah the Rock Maiden | 123 | \n| The jealousy of Wek'-wek and the Death of Lo'-wut | 127 | \n| p. iv | | \n| The Defeat of O-la'-nah | 135 | \n| How Sah'-te set the World on Fire | 139 | \n| How Cha'-ka shot out the Sun | 153 | \n| How Wek'-wek was saved from the Flood | 157 | \n| Why the Bodega Bay Indians can not stand Cold | 159 | \n| Hoi-ah'-ko Tales of the Southern Mewuk | 163 | \n| Oo-wel'-lin the Rock Giant | 169 | \n| Tim-me-la'-le the Thunder | 173 | \n| Wek'-wek's Search for his Father | 179 | \n| Wek'-wek's Search for his Sister | 191 | \n| Wek'-wek's Visit to the Underworld People | 195 | \n| Tah'-low the Thunder and Tah'-kip the Lightning | 199 | \n| He'-koo-l\u0101s the Sun-woman | 201 | \n| How O'-ye discovered his Wife | 203 | \n| | | \n| PART 2: PRESENT DAY MYTHS | | \n| Beliefs concerning Animals | 209 | \n| How Bears resemble People and like to Dance | | \n| How He-le'-jah the Cougar hunts Deer | | \n| How Too-le'-ze the Timber-wolf hunts Deer | | \n| The Stump and the Lost Dog | | \n| The First Teeth go to Soo-wah-tah the Gopher | | \n| O-lel'-le' the Mysterious Bird of Cold Springs | | \n| Soo-koo'-me the Great Horned Owl | | \n| The Meadowlark, a Gossip and Maker of Trouble | | \n| Ki'-kil-ah the Mountain Bluejay | | \n| Where Ducks and Geese go to Breed | | \n| Po'-ko-moo the Poison Spider | | \n| Where Koo'-tah the Money-clam came from | | \n| Beliefs concerning Ghosts and the Sign of Death | 217 | \n| Ghosts follow the Pathway of the Wind | | \n| Three Birds scream to frighten the Ghosts | | \n| Ghosts may come back in Soo-koo'-me the Owl | | \n| A Hole in the Nose saves turning into a Fish | | \n| What good and bad Ghosts turn into | | \n| Ghosts hide in Stumps and Whirlwinds | | \n| Ghosts search for a Big Animal in the Ocean | | \n| Wah-tib'-sah the Sign of Death | | \n| p. v | | \n| Beliefs concerning Natural Phenomena | 223 | \n| Thunder | | \n| The Rainbow | | \n| The Earthquake | | \n| Noise | | \n| The Echo | | \n| How the World Grew and Beliefs concerning Witches, Pigmies, Giants and other Fabulous Beings | 227 | \n| How Witches kill People | | \n| Pigmies and Water People | | \n| The Devil of San Rafael | | \n| Ho-ha'-pe the River Mermaid | | \n| The Rock Giants | | \n| Scientific Names of the Animals | 237 | \n| Scientific Names of the Trees and other Plants | 241 | \n| Bibliography of California Mythology | 243 | \n| Index | 247 |","title":"The Dawn of the World: Contents","type":"page"}