Two Myths Of The Mission Indians Of California : p. 309 TWO MYTHS OF THE MISSION INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. 1 BY A. L. KROEBER WHAT are to-day known as the Mission Indians are those Shoshonean and Yuman peoples who occupy the portion of southern California which lies between the principal mountain ranges and the sea. Our knowledge of the mythology...
The Mohave Account Of Origins : THE MOHAVE ACCOUNT OF ORIGINS. It is interesting to compare with this story the corresponding myth of the Mohave. The Mohave live on the Colorado River in both California and Arizona. They are a primarily agricultural people with a more developed tribal sense and warlike spirit than the Missi...
Title Page : TWO MYTHS OF THE MISSION INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. BY A. L. KROEBER Journal Of The American Folk-Lore Society Vol. XIX, No. LXXV Pp. 309-21. [1906] Scanned , September 2003. J. B. Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public Domain. These Files May Be Used For Any Non-commercial Purpose, Provided This...
The Origin Of The World : THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD. When asked to tell what he knew of the origin of the world, the informant first drew on the ground with a stick a rude outline of a person. The legs were somewhat spread, the foot a line coming out at an angle from the end of the leg. The arms were straight lines extending...
Meteor Myths : METEOR MYTHS. In the myths not dealing with the origin of things the same degree of resemblance is found between the Mission Indians and the Mohave. The elaborate Diegueo Chaup stories published by Miss Du Bois have a close parallel among the Mohave. This equivalent Mohave tradition has not been...
Pictorial Representations : PICTORIAL REPRESENTATIONS. The following creation story of the Luiseo of Pauma is only a fragment, sufficient, however, to add a new version to those already known, and sufficient to bring out the most important qualities of the origin traditions of this region. It is accompanied also by a feature...
The Pauma Luiseno Story Of Dakwish : THE PAUMA LUISEO STORY OF DAKWISH. Dakwish was born at Pawai, a place south from Escondido in the Diegueo country. His grandparents were born from Tamaiawot. The following is only part of the story concerning him, the part which relates to Temecula, not the part which has to do with the Diegueo...
