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| I. | INTRODUCTION | 169 |
| | Mythology of the Northern Central Region | 170 |
| | Maidu | 171 |
| | Wintun | 175 |
| | Yana | 178 |
| | Shasta-Achomawi | 179 |
| | Lutuami | 182 |
| | Yuki | 183 |
| | Mythology of the Southern Central Region | 187 |
| | Costanoan | 191 |
| | Miwok | 191 |
| | Yokuts | 192 |
| | Shoshonean | 194 |
| | General Characterization | 195 |
| | Comparison of Mythologies of North and South Central | 196 |
| II. | THE MYTHS | 199 |
| | 1. Rumsien Costanoan. The Beginning of the World | 199 |
| | 2. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote | 200 |
| | 3. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and the Hummingbird | 201 |
| | 4. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Wife | 201 |
| | 5. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote and his Children | 201 |
| | 6. Rumsien Costanoan. Coyote with a Thorn in his Eye | 202 |
| | 7. Pohonichi Miwok. The Beginning of the World | 202 |
| | 8. Pohonichi Miwok. The Theft of Fire | 202 |
| | 9. Pohonichi Miwok. The Origin of Death | 203 |
| | 10. Pohonichi Miwok. The Bear and Deer Children | 203 |
| | 11. Gashowu Yokuts. The Beginning of the World | 204 |
| | 12. Gashowu Yokuts. The Origin of Death | 205 |
| | 13. Gashowu Yokuts. The Owl Doctor | 205 |
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| | 14. Gashowu Yokuts. Coyote, the Hawk, and the Condor | 205 |
| | 15. Truhohi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World | 209 |
| | 16. Truhohi Yokuts. The Theft of Fire | 211 |
| | 17. Truhohi Yokuts. The Origin of Death | 212 |
| | 18. Tachi Yokuts. The Owners of the Sun | 212 |
| | 19. Tachi Yokuts. The Race of the Antelope and Deer | 213 |
| | 20. Tachi Yokuts. The Pleiades | 213 |
| | 21. Tachi Yokuts. The Wolf and the Crane | 214 |
| | 22. Tachi Yokuts. The Bald Eagle and the Prairie Falcon | 214 |
| | 23. Tachi Yokuts. The Thunder Twins | 215 |
| | 24. Tachi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead | 216 |
| | 25. Wükchamni Yokuts. The Beginning of the World | 219 |
| | 26. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Origin of Fire | 219 |
| | 27. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle and the Condor | 219 |
| | 28. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Eagle's Son | 220 |
| | 29. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Fights | 221 |
| | 30. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon's Wife | 221 |
| | 31. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses | 223 |
| | 32. Yaudanchi Yokuts. War of the Foothill and Plains People | 223 |
| | 33. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Thunder and Whirlwind | 225 |
| | 34. Yaudanchi Yokuts. Mikiti | 225 |
| | 35. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Visit to the Dead | 228 |
| | 36. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Man and the Owls. A Tale | 228 |
| | 37. Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Beginning of the World | 229 |
| | 38. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Origin of Death | 231 |
| | 39. Yauelmani Yokuts. Coyote's Adventures and the Prairie Falcon's Blindness | 231 |
| | 40. Yauelmani Yokuts. The Prairie Falcon Loses | 240 |
| | 41. Gitanemuk Shoshonean. The Panther's Children and Coyote | 243 |
| III. | ABSTRACTS | 245 |
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