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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 398 EAN: 9781417915996 ISBN: 1417915994 Label: Kessinger Publishing Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 268 Publication Date: April 30, 2004 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Studio: Kessinger Publishing Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 1910. The tales contained in this volume were told to Merriam by the Indians of a single stock, the Mewan, the tribes of which are confined to central California and have no known relatives in any part of the world. The myths are related by the old people after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremonial roundhouse and always at night by the dim light of a small flickering fire. They constitute the religious history of the tribe, and from time immemorial have been handed down by word of mouth; from generation to generation they have been repeated, without loss and without addition. Some of the tales contained in this volume are: Why the Lizard Man did not restore Dead People to Life; The Coyote and the Lizard; The Creation of Man; How they got the Fire; The bear and the Fawns, as told by the Northern Mewuk; Why the Bodega Bay Indians can not stand Cold; and many more. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - These are really Yokut Indian Legends and NOT Miwok.Concerning this book about "Miwok" Tales. This quote below was taken from Handbook of the Yokut Indians by Frank Latta concerning the "Miwok" tales: "One very definte evidence that the Yokuts occupied the entire Delta Area is the series of folklore stores recorded by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, published in book form in 1910 and titled "THE DAWN OF THE WORLD". A number of these stories were obtained from self-styled Mewalk informants. But, with the exception of Mewalk names for the mythological ... Read More Rating:  - An good book concerning myth from Native CaliforniaPresented within a collection of stories given by American Indians all throughout California detailing the time of the First People (half human/animal gods) when the world was dark and cold, or after the time of a great flood to when the First People created People and reverted to animal form. There are many common themes in most of the world's mythology and you'll find them here as well: a Great Flood, Giants who ate people (like the Nephilim of the Bible [Genesis 6]), the theft of fire (like ... Read More 
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