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