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The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California

by C. Hart Merriam

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The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders "after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremonial roundhouse and always at night by the dim light of a flickering fire. They constitute the religious history of the tribe, and from time immemorial have been handed down by word of mouth," writes C. Hart Merriam. Included are creation myths and accounts of the First People, beings who antedated humans, as well as tales about animals, death and ghosts, witches and giants, and natural phenomena.
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A professor of anthropology at California State University, Hayward, Lowell J. Bean is director of the C. F. Smith Museum of Anthropology. He is the author of Mukat's People: The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California (1972).
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780803281936
Editor:
Merriam, C. Hart
Introduction:
Bean, Lowell J.
Introduction by:
Bean, Lowell John
Introduction:
Bean, Lowell J.
Introduction:
Bean, Lowell John
Editor:
Merriam, C. Hart
Author:
Bean, Lowell J.
Author:
Merriam, C. Hart
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press
Subject:
Indians of north america
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:
Folklore & Mythology
Subject:
Folklore
Subject:
Tales
Subject:
General History
Subject:
Tales -- California.
Subject:
Miwok Indians -- Folklore.
Subject:
Mythology-Folklore and Storytelling
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
19930331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
273
Dimensions:
7.99x5.35x.62 in. .68 lbs.
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