Uncharted Knowledge Wisdom From Previous Realities View as JSON for agents & LLMs

Sacred Texts: Native American

The Mythology of the Diegueños: The Mythology of t...

Summary only - full text stays on its own separately-gated source. Read the full text at the source »
THE Diegueños have been classified as belonging to the Yuman family of Turner and Brinton. They make part of the Mission Indians of San Diego County, California, in which are also included fragments of Shoshonean tribes, akin to the Nahuatlan peoples of Southern Mexico. It would not be surprising to find in the folklore of the Shoshonean tribes traces of Aztec influence; but if the Diegueños belong to another family, a rather curious problem is presented by the following relics of tribal…