CONTENTS

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Introduction 43

Part 1. Material Collected by Jeremiah Curtin

FICTION

1. [The sister and her six elder brothers] 75
2. [The child and his uncle] 81
3. [Djogeon and his uncle] 84
4. [The woman who married a great serpent] 86
5. [The ghost woman and the hunter] 90
6. [Hahnowa and his forces on the warpath] 92
7. [The old man’s grandson and the chief of the deserted village] 95
8. [The man who married a buffalo woman] 98
9. [A woman and her bear lover] 102
10. [The fox and the rabbit] 105
11. [The snake with two heads] 106
12. [A hunter pursued by Genonsgwa] 106
13. [The grandmother and her granddaughter] 111
14. [The woman who became a snake from eating fish] 111
15. [Gaqga makes a journey and kills many people] 113
16. [Ohohwa and the two sisters] 115
17. [A great snake battle] 117
18. [The Ongwe Ias and his younger brother] 118
19. [Haieñdoñnis and Yenogeauns] 121
20. [The man with a panther-skin robe and his brother with a turkey-skin robe] 127
21. [Deadoeñdjadases and the old woman’s grandson] 135
22. [Hatʻhondas (the Listener)] 139
23. [The story of the Ohohwa people] 144
24. [The chestnut tree guarded by the seven sisters] 147
25. [The otter’s heart and the claw fetishes] 151
26. [The seven sisters who produce wampum] 154
27. [The forsaken infant and Gaha] 160
28. [The old man and the boy] 162
29. [The story of the girls who went for a husband] 166
30. [The creation of man] 168
31. [Ganiagwaihegowa] 169
32. [The man who became a fish, and a Ganiagwaihe] 169
33. [A dead man speaks to his mother through the fire] 172
34. [The potent boy] 176
35. [The faithless wife and the three old men] 180
36. [The Dagwanoenyent and her husband] 187
37. [A raccoon story] [[40]]191
38. [The self-sacrifice of two dogs for their master] 193
39. [The three young women] 195
40. [Hinon and the Seneca warriors] 197
41. [Hodadeñon and Yenyentʻhwus] 199
42. [The uncle and his nephew] 223
43. [Hinon saves a woman from suicide] 228
44. [The crawfish and the raccoon] 229
45. [The race between the turtle and the bear] 229
46. [The woman who became a man-eater through the orenda of her husband’s dogs] 231
47. [Ganyadjigowa] 236
48. [Hadentʻheni and Hanigongendatʻha] 251
49. [Dagwanoenyent] 261
50. [The shaman and his nephew] 262
51. [The horned snake and the young woman] 268
52. [The man pursued by his sister-in-law] 270
53. [The story of bloody hand] 273
54. [The seven stars of the dipper] 276
55. [The story of the two brothers] 277
56. [Hodionskon] 283
57. [The cannibal uncle, his nephew, and the nephew’s invisible brother] 285
58. [Doonongaes and Tsodiqgwadon] 296

LEGENDS

59. [Genonsgwa] 341
60. [The grandmother and her grandson] 347
61. [Heart squeezing and the dance of naked persons] 355
62. [Hotʻho, the Winter God] 356
63. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and his three brothers] 357
64. [The moose wife] 361
65. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa] 365
66. [The porcupine’s grandson and the bear] 365
67. [Genonsgwa] 369
68. [Hinon Hohawaqk and his grandmother] 372
69. [Hagowanen and Otʼhegwenhda] 376
70. [Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus. Part I] 389
71. [Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus. Part II] 399
72. [Uncle and nephew and the white otters] 401
73. [Deoyadastatʻhe and Hodjowiski] 406
74. [A genesis tradition] 409
75. [The two brothers and the mice fetishes] 415
76. [The orphan] 417
77. [The great worm and Hinon] 420
78. [The chipmunk and the bear] 421
79. [The great white beaver and the Lake of the Enchanted Waters] 422

TRADITIONS

80. [Ganon, the Seneca war chief] 428
81. [Hatcinondon: A historical tradition] 432
82. [Godiont and the Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa] 436
83. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa] [[41]]437
84. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa] 437
85. [Genonsgwa] 437
86. [Genonsgwa] 439
87. [Genonsgwa] 440
88. [Genonsgwa] 440
89. [Genonsgwa] 441
90. [Bald Eagle sends Mud Turtle around the world] 450
91. [The poor hunter and Djogeon] 452
92. [The man killed by the three hunters] 453
93. [Hinon and the Iroquois] 456

TALES

94. [A shaman’s deed] 457
95. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa (modern)] 457
96. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa] 458
97. [The vampire skeleton] 458

MYTHS

98. [A tale of the sky world] 460
99. [Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and Hotʻhoh] 462
100. [The morning star and the cannibal wife] 464
101. [The woman and the cannibal thunder] 469
102. [Gaqga and Sgagedi] 472
103. [Dagwanoenyent and Gaasyendietʻha] 474
104. [Dagwanoenyentgowa Sʻhagodigendji and Yenonsgwa] 481
105. [The twelve brothers and their uncle, Dagwanoenyent] 485
106. [Ongwe Ias and his brother, Dagwanoenyent] 488

MEDICAL NOTE

107. [Notes on the medicine nikahnegaah] 491

Part 2. Seneca Legends and Myths, Collected by J. N. B. Hewitt

108. [The legend of Hayanowe (He-the-fleet-footed)] 495
109. [Oñgweʻ Hañgesʹʻhäʼ and Gajihsondis (Skin-of-man and Spike-hitter)] 501
110. [Gajihsondis, the Amulet-hitter] 519
111. [The legend of Honenhineh and his younger brothers] 525
112. [The legend of Godasiyo] 537
113. [A legend of an anthropomorphic tribe of rattlesnakes] 539
114. [The twins: grandsons of Gahoⁿʻdjiʼdāʹʻhoⁿk] 543
115. [The legend of the misogamist] 555
116. [The acts of the seventh son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ] 565
117. [The legend of Hodadeñon and his elder sister] 573
118. [The legend of Gādjĭsʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs] 586
119. [The legend of Deodyatgaowen (Deodiăʼtgaōʹweĕⁿʻ = His-body-is-bifid or two-cleft)] 607
120. [An address of thanksgiving to the powers of the Master of Life] 632
121. [A corn legend and a flood story] 636
122. [The legend of man’s acquisition of corn] 642
123. [The bean woman (a fragment)] 648
124. [The legend of Onenha (the corn)] [[42]]649
125. [The origin of white corn, or kaneñhageñat] 652
126. [The origin of the Porcupine people or clan] 654
127. [The origin of the Bear songs and dances] 658
128. [The origin of the Pigeon songs and dances] 663
129. [The legend of Hahadodagwatʻha] 666
130. [The story of Hahskwahot (= It-standing-stone)] 680
131. [The legend of Genonsgwa] 681
132. [The legend of the Stone Coats (Genonsgwa)] 682
133. [The story of the white pigeon, the chief of the pigeons] 694
134. [The weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and Squash people] 701
135. [Sʻhagowenotʻha, the spirit of the tides] 705
136. [Sʻhagowenotʻha (text), with interlinear translation] 715
137. [The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña] 743
138. [The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña (text), with interlinear translation] 756

Notes 791 [[43]]