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Lewis Spence. The Mythology of the North American Indians (Illustrated Edition)
The Mythology of the North American Indians (Illustrated Edition)
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter I: Divisions, Customs, and History of the Race
The First Indians in Europe
Indians as Jews
Welsh-Speaking Indians
Antiquity of Man in America
The Great Miocene Bridge
American Man in Glacial Times
The Calaveras Skull
More Recent Finds
Later Man in America
Affinities with Siberian Peoples
The Evidence of American Languages
Evidences of Asiatic Intercourse
Later Migrations
The Norsemen in America
Leif the Lucky
The Land of Wine
The Skrælingr
The Dighton Rock
The Mound-Builders
Mounds in Animal Form
What the Mounds Contain
The Tomb of the Black Tortoise
Who were the Mound-Builders?
The 'Nations' of North America
The Iroquois
The Algonquins
A Sedentary People
The Muskhogean Race
The Sioux
Caddoan Family
The Shoshoneans
Early Wars with the Whites
King Philip's War
The Reservations
The Story of Pocahontas
Indian Kidnapping
Dwellings
Tribal Law and Custom
Hunting
Costume
Face-Painting
Indian Art
Warfare
The Indian Wife and Mother
Indian Child-Life
Adventure with a Totem
An Indian Girl's Vigil
Picture-Writing
Modern Education and Culture
Chapter II: The Mythologies of the North American Indians
Animism
Totemism
Totemic Law and Custom
Severity of Totemic Rule
Fetishism
Fetish Objects
Apache Fetishes
Iroquoian Fetishes
Fetishism among the Algonquins
Totemism and Fetishism Meet
The Sun-Children
The Prey-Gods
The Council of Fetishes
The Fetish in Hunting
Indian Theology
The Indian Idea of God
'Good' and 'Bad'
No 'Good' or 'Bad' Gods
Creation-Myths
Algonquian Creation-Myth
The Muskhogean Creation-Story
Siouan Cosmology
Bird- and Serpent-Worship and Symbols
Eagle-Worship
The Serpent and the Sun
The Lightning Serpent
Serpent-Worship
The Rattlesnake
The Sacred Origin of Smoking
The Gods of the Red Man
Michabo
The Battle of the Twin-Gods
Awonawilona
Ahsonnutli
Atius Tiráwa
Esaugetuh Emissee
The Coyote God
Blue Jay
Thunder-Gods
Idea of a Future Life
The Hope of Resurrection
Indian Burial Customs
The Soul's Journey
Paradise and the Supernatural People
The Sacred Number Four
Indian Time and Festivals
The Buffalo Dance
Dance-Festivals of the Hopi
Medicine-Men
Medicine-Men as Healers
Professional Etiquette
Journeys in Spirit-land
The Savage and Religion
Chapter III: Algonquian Myths and Legends
Glooskap and Malsum
Scandinavian Analogies
Glooskap's Gifts
Glooskap and the Baby
Glooskap's Farewell
How Glooskap Caught the Summer
The Elves of Light
Glooskap's Wigwam
The Snow-Lodge
The Lord of Cold Weather
The Star-Maiden
Algon's Strategy
The Star-Maiden's Escape
Cloud-Carrier and the Star-Folk
The Star-Country
The Sacrifice
The Snow-Man Husband
The Lover's Revenge
A Strange Transformation
The Spirit-Bride
The Island of the Blessed
The Master of Life
Otter-Heart
The Ball-Players
Otter-Heart's Stratagem
The Beaver-Woman
The Fairy Wives
Moose Demands a Wife
The Red Star and the Yellow Star
The Return to Earth
The Escape from Lox
The Malicious Mother-in-Law
The Death-Swing
The Silver Girdle
The Maize Spirit
The Struggle
The Final Contest
The Seven Brothers
The Chase
The Beaver Medicine Legend2
The Sacred Bear-Spear
Bear Magic
How the Magic Worked
The Young Dog Dance
The Lodge of Animals
The Gift
The Medicine Wolf
The Friendly Wolf
The Story of Scar-face
The Sun-God's Decree
The Chase of the Savage Birds
The Legend of Poïa
The Great Turnip
The Return to Earth
The Big Water
A Blackfoot Day-and-Night Myth
The Pursuing Head
The Fate of the Head
Nápi and the Buffalo-Stealer
The Herds of Buffalo-Stealer
The Story of Kutoyis
How Kutoyis was Born
Kutoyis on his Travels
The Wrestling Woman
Chapter IV: Iroquois Myths and Legends
Iroquois Gods and Heroes
Hi'nun
The Thunderers
Hiawatha
The Stone Giants
The Pigmies
Witches and Witchcraft
A 'Medicine' Legend
Great Head and the Ten Brothers
The Seneca's Revenge
The Boy Magician
The Hailstorm
The Charmed Stone
The Friendly Skeleton
The Lost Sister
The Pigmies
The Salt-Lick
The Magical Serpent
The Origin of Medicine
The Council of the Fishes
The Wonderful Kettle
The White Heron
The Stone Giantess
The Healing Waters
The Pity of the Trees
The Finding of the Waters
Sayadio in Spirit-land
The Peace Queen
The Quarrel
The Offers
Chapter V: Sioux Myths and Legends
The Sioux or Dakota Indians
The Adventures of Ictinike
Ictinike and the Buzzard
Ictinike and the Creators
The Story of Wabaskaha
The Men-Serpents
The Three Tests
The Race
The Snake-Ogre
The Magic Moccasins
The Snake's Quest
The Story of the Salmon
Salmon's Magic Bath
The Wolf Lodge
The Drowned Child
The Snake-Wife
The Ring Unavailing
The Finding of the Snake-Wife
A Subterranean Adventure
Lost Underground
The Return to Earth
White Feather the Giant-Killer
In Search of the Giants
Chácopee's Downfall
The Transformation
How the Rabbit Caught the Sun
How the Rabbit Slew the Devouring Hill
Chapter VI: Myths and Legends of the Pawnees
The Pawnees, or Caddoan Indians
The Sacred Bundle
The Magic Feather
The Bear-Man
The Bear-Man Slain
The Resuscitation of the Bear-Man
Chapter VII: Myths and Legends of the Northern and North-Western Indians
Haida Demi-Gods
The Supernatural Sister
The Birth of Sîñ
Master-Carpenter and Southeast
The Beaver and the Porcupine
The Finding of Porcupine
The Devil-Fish's Daughter
Chinook Tales
The Story of Blue Jay and Ioi
The Marriage of Ioi
A Fishing Expedition in Shadow-land
Blue Jay and Ioi Go Visiting
The Heaven-sought Bride
The Whale-catcher
The Chinooks Visit the Supernaturals
The Four Tests
The Thunderer's Son-in-Law
The Thunderer
Storm-Raising
The Beast Comrades
The Tests
The Spirit-land
The Myth of Stikŭa
Beliefs of the Californian Tribes
Myths of the Athapascans
Conclusion
Note on Pronunciation
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Lewis Spence
Chapter I: Divisions, Customs, and History of the Race
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"Daily, when I had the opportunity, I drew the patterns their faces displayed, and at length obtained a collection, whose variety even astonished myself. The strange combinations produced in the kaleidoscope may be termed weak when compared to what an Indian's imagination produces on his forehead, nose, and cheek. I will try to give some account of them as far as words will reach. Two things struck me most in their arrangement of colour. First, the fact that they did not trouble themselves at all about the natural divisions of the face; and, secondly, the extraordinary mixture of the graceful and the grotesque. At times, it is true, they did observe those natural divisions produced by nose, eyes, mouth, etc. The eyes were surrounded with regular coloured circles; yellow or black stripes issued harmoniously and equidistant from the mouth; over the cheeks ran a semicircle of green dots, the ears forming the centre. At times, too, the forehead was traversed by lines running parallel to the natural contour of that feature; this always looked somewhat human, so to speak, because the fundamental character of the face was unaltered. Usually, however, these regular patterns do not suit the taste of the Indians. They like contrasts, and frequently divide the face into two halves, which undergo different treatment; one will be dark—say black or blue—but the other quite light, yellow, bright red, or white: one will be crossed by thick lines made by the forefingers, while the other is arabesque, with extremely fine lines, produced by the aid of a brush.
"This division is produced in two different ways. The line of demarcation sometimes runs down the nose, so that the right cheek and side are buried in gloom, while the left looks like a flower-bed in the sunshine. At times, though, they draw the line across the nose, so that the eyes glisten out of the dark colour, while all beneath the nose is bright and lustrous. It seems as if they wished to represent on their faces the different phases of the moon. I frequently inquired whether there was any significance in these various patterns, but was assured it was a mere matter of taste. They were simple arabesques, like their squaws' work on the moccasins, girdles, tobacco-pouches, etc.
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