Seneca Indian Myths: Contents

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SUMMER CONQUERS WINTER	1
SKAGÉDI AND THE MAN-EATER	8
GÉHA AIDS A DESERTED BOY	16
THE ADVENTURES OF WOLF-MARKED	22
OKTEONDOⁿ AND His UNCLE, THE PLANTER, OR WINTER DELAYING SPRING
A BATTLE BETWEEN FROST AND WHIRLWIND	47
HÓTHO CONQUERS SHAGODYOWEG GOWA	52
SUMMER KILLS AUTUMN AND IS HERSELF KILLED BY WINTER	55
GÉHA, THE FRIEND OF A DESERTED BOY	62
WHIRLWIND AND PANTHER	66
A BIRD IN SEARCH OF A MATE	68
THE ORIGIN OF STORIES	70
THE MAN-EATING WIFE, THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN AND THE MORNING STAR	76
TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WENT TO "THE BLUE"--SPEAKER AND DEFINER	82
THE TRIALS AND DEATH OF INCHWORM	96
GÁQGA´	106
THE THUNDER BOY	110
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON AND AN EAGLE WOMAN	116
THE GREAT SPIRIT OVERPOWERS THE COLD AND FROST OF WINTER. STONE COATS	122
MAN-EATER AND HIS BROTHER, WHIRLWIND	124
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OWL AND HIS JEALOUS WIFE	128
OKTEONDOⁿ AND HIS UNCLE	134
TREE WORM AND His MOTHER-IN-LAW, BARKWORM	147
COLD AND FROST, OR STONE COAT WOMEN	152
THE GANYO GOWA	156
WOLF AND THE OLD WOMAN'S GRANDSON	160
A RACE BETWEEN BEAR AND TURTLE	165
THE GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON	167
BALD EAGLE SENDS MUD-TURTLE TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD	176
THE BOY WHO LEARNED THE SONGS OF BIRDS	179
THE COMING OF SPRING, OR THE WADYOⁿYOⁿDYES GIRLS	185
THE CREATION OF MEN (INDIANS)	192
THE BUFFALO WOMEN	198
THE GHOST WOMAN	204
WÍSHAKON AND HIS FRIEND VISIT THE PLÉTHOAK (THUNDERS)	206
THE ADVENTURES OF HANÍSHÉONON
STONE COAT, COLD AND FROST	216
RAIN OLD MAN AND THE HORNED SNAKE (LIGHTNING)	218
WHIRLWIND AND HER HUSBAND	220
THE BIRD MEDICINE	226
HAGOWANE AND HIS TEN SONS	229
COON DECEIVES CRAWFISH	243
THE DESERTED BOY	247
DAGWANOEⁿYENT (WHIRLWIND)	256
HÓTHO (COLD)	257
FLYING-SQUIRREL AND THE SEASONS	258
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THE ADVENTURES OF YELLOWBIRD	272
THE YOUNG WOMAN AND THUNDER	288
PARTRIDGE AND TURTLE AND THEIR COUSINS WOLVES	293
THOUSAND-LEGS AND BRIGHT BODY, HIS SON	298
A YOUNG MAN RESCUED BY A TOAD	303
A MAN PURSUED By HIS UNCLE AND BY HIS WIFE	307
A LAZY MAN	320
SWAN'S DAUGHTERS MARRY EARTHQUAKE'S SON	324
HODADEIOⁿ AND His SISTER	327
A LITTLE BOY AND HIS DOG, BEAUTIFUL EARS	351
QUAIL KILLS COLD WEATHER AND THE THUNDER FAMILY
GÁQGA´ AND SKAGÉDI	366
THE MAN-EATER AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER	369
THE RABBIT BROTHERS	374
MINK AND HIS UNCLE	381
THE FOX AND RABBIT	392
A WARRIOR CARED FOR BY WOLVES	394
DOGS SAVE THEIR MASTER	399
THE DESERTED VILLAGE	402
WAR BETWEEN SENECAS AND CHEROKEES	406
TURTLE ON THE WAR-PATH	410
THE GREAT SNAKE BATTLE	414
THE HUNTER WHO BECAME A FISH	416
TWO SENECA WOMEN ESCAPE FROM CHEROKEE CAPTIVITY	419
A DEAD MAN SPEAKS THROUGH FIRE	422
THE FEAST OF THE WHIRLWINDS	427
THUNDER DESTROYS HORNED SNAKE	430
THE FRIENDSHIP OF AN OTTER	434
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HOW CHIPMUNKS GOT THEIR STRIPES	437
CHILD FED AND CARED FOR BY A PORCUPINE AND A BEAR	438
BROTHER AND SISTER PURSUED BY A MAN-EATER	443
RACCOON STORY	449
THE MOOSE WOMAN	452
THE: ADVENTURES OF GÁNYAGE GOWA	457
TURKEY'S BROTHER GOES IN SEARCH OF A WIFE	474
THE TWELVE BROTHERS AND THEIR UNCLE, DAGWANOEⁿYENT	482
UNCLE AND NEPHEW	487
A MAN CHASED BY THE ANCIENT OF LIZARDS	494
THE GREAT BEAR AND THE SIX HUNTERS, OR THE SEVEN STARS OF THE DIPPER	503
THE CHIPMUNK AND THE BEAR	505
THE WREN	506
THE TWELVE STARS	507
THE WOMAN AND DOG IN THE MOON
A MAN CONQUERS STONE COAT (ICE AND COLD)	509
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