Seneca Indian Myths
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: May 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780486416021
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Myths & mythology; Sociology; Native American; Folklore; Social Science; History: World; USA; New York (State); Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Folklore & Mythology; History / Native American; Tales; Anthropology - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Seneca Indians; Seneca mythology
Table of contents: title: Summer conquers winter -- Skagedi and the Man-eater -- Geha aids a deserted boy -- The Adventures of Wolf-marked -- Okteondon and his uncle, the planter, or winter delaying spring -- A battle between frost and whirlwind -- Hotho conquers Shagodyoweg Gowa -- Summer kills autumn and is herself killed by winter -- Geha, the friend of a deserted boy -- Whirlwind and panther -- A bird in search of a mate -- The origin of stories -- The man-eating wife, the little old woman and the morning star -- Two young men who went to "the blue" -- Speaker and definer -- The trials and death of inchworm -- Gaqga -- The Thunder Boy -- Grandfather and grandson and an eagle woman -- The Great Spirit overpowers the cold and forst of winter, stone coats -- Man-eater and his brother, Whirlwind -- Owl and his jealous wife -- Okteondon and his uncle -- Tree Worm and his mother-in-law, Barkworm -- Cold and frost, or stone coat women -- The Ganyo Gowa -- Wolf and the old woman's grandson -- A race between bear and turtle -- The grandmother and grandson -- Bald Eagle sends mud-turtle to the edge of the world -- The boy who learned the songs of birds -- The coming of spring, or the Wadyoyondyes girls -- The creation of men (Indians) -- The Buffalo women -- The Ghost Woman -- Wishakon and his friend visit the plethoak (thunders) -- The adventures of Hanisheonon -- Stone coat, cold and frost -- Rain old man and the horned snake (lightning) -- Whirlwind and her husband -- The bird medicine -- Hagowane and his ten sons -- Coon deceives crawfish -- The deserted boy -- Dagwanoenyent (whirlwind) -- Hotho (cold) -- Flying-squirrel and the seasons -- The adventures of yellowbird -- The young woman and thunder -- Partridge and turtle and their cousins wolves -- Thousand-legs and Bright Body, his son -- A young man rescued by a toad -- A man pursued by his uncle and by his wife -- A lazy man -- Swan's Daughters marry Earthquake's son -- Hodadeion and his sister -- A little boy and his dog, Beautiful Ears -- Quail kills cold weather and the thunder family -- Gaqga' and Skagedi -- The Man-eater and his younger brother -- The rabbit brothers -- Mink and his uncle -- The fox and rabbit -- A warrior cared for by wolves -- Dogs save their master -- The deserted village -- War between Senecas and Cherokees -- Turtle on the war-path -- The great snake battle -- The hunter who became a fish -- Two Seneca women escape from Cherokee captivity -- A dead man speaks through fire -- The feast of the whirlwinds -- Thunder destroys Horned Snake -- The friendship of an otter -- How chipmunks got their stripes -- Child fed and cared for by a porcupine and a bear -- A brother and sister pursued by a man-eater -- A raccoon story -- The moose woman -- The adventures of Ganyage Gowa -- Turkey's brother goes in search of a wife -- The twelve brothers and their uncle, Dagwanoenyent -- Uncle and nephew -- A man chased by the ancient of lizards -- The Great Bear and the six hunters, or the seven stars of the dipper -- The chipmunk and the bear -- The wren -- The twelve stars -- The woman and dog in the moon -- A man conquers stone coat (ice and cold).