[Gutenberg 46140] • Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116)) by Smith, Erminnie A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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MYTHS OF THE IROQUOIS. CONTENTS. ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTER I. GODS AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL BEINGS.

HI-NUN DESTROYING THE GIANT ANIMALS. A SENECA LEGEND OF HI-NUN AND NIAGARA. THE THUNDERERS. ECHO GOD. EXTERMINATION OF THE STONE GIANTS. THE NORTH WIND. GREAT HEAD. CUSICK'S STORY OF THE DISPERSION OF THE GREAT HEADS. THE STONE GIANT'S WIFE. THE STONE GIANT'S CHALLENGE. HIAWATHA AND THE IROQUOIS WAMPUM.

CHAPTER II. PIGMIES.

THE WARRIOR SAVED BY PIGMIES. THE PIGMIES AND THE GREEDY HUNTERS. THE PIGMY'S MISSION.

CHAPTER III. PRACTICE OF SORCERY.

THE ORIGIN OF WITCHES AND WITCH CHARMS. ORIGIN OF THE SENECA MEDICINE A "TRUE" WITCH STORY. A CASE OF WITCHCRAFT. AN INCANTATION TO BRING RAIN. A CURE FOR ALL BODILY INJURIES. A WITCH IN THE SHAPE OF A DOG. A MAN WHO ASSUMED THE SHAPE OF A HOG. WITCH TRANSFORMATION. A SUPERSTITION ABOUT FLIES.

CHAPTER IV. MYTHOLOGIC EXPLANATION OF PHENOMENA.

ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN RACE. FORMATION OF THE TURTLE CLAN. HOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL. ORIGIN OF MEDICINE. ORIGIN OF WAMPUM. ORIGIN OF TOBACCO. ORIGIN OF PLUMAGE. WHY THE CHIPMUNK HAS THE BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK. ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS. THE POLE STAR.

CHAPTER V. TALES.

BOY RESCUED BY A BEAR. INFANT NURSED BY BEARS. THE MAN AND HIS STEP-SON. THE BOY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER. THE DEAD HUNTER. A HUNTER'S ADVENTURES. THE OLD MAN'S LESSONS TO HIS NEPHEW. THE HUNTER AND HIS FAITHLESS WIFE THE CHARMED SUIT. THE BOY AND THE CORN. THE LAD AND THE CHESTNUTS. THE GUILTY HUNTERS. MRS. LOGAN'S STORY. THE HUNTER AND HIS DEAD WIFE. A SURE REVENGE. TRAVELER'S JOKES. KINGFISHER AND HIS NEPHEW. THE WILD-CAT AND THE WHITE RABBIT.

CHAPTER VI. RELIGION.

NEW-YEAR FESTIVAL. TAPPING THE MAPLE TREES. PLANTING CORN. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. GREEN-CORN FESTIVAL. GATHERING THE CORN.