Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))

by Erminnie A. Smith

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION——BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

MYTHS
OF
THE IROQUOIS.

BY
ERMINNIE A. SMITH.

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CONTENTS.

• Page.
• Chapter I.—Gods and other supernatural beings [51]
• Hi-nuⁿ destroying the giant animals [54]
• A Seneca legend of Hi-nuⁿ and Niagara [54]
• The Thunderers [55]
• Echo God [58]
• Extermination of the Stone Giants [59]
• The North Wind [59]
• Great Head [59]
• Cusick's story of the dispersion of the Great Heads [62]
• The Stone Giant's wife [62]
• The Stone Giant's challenge [63]
• Hiawatha and the Iroquois wampum [64]
• Chapter II.—Pigmies [65]
• The warrior saved by pigmies [65]
• The pigmies and the greedy hunters [66]
• The pigmy's mission [67]
• Chapter III.—Practice of sorcery [68]
• The origin of witches and witch charms [69]
• Origin of the Seneca medicine [70]
• A "true" witch story [71]
• A case of witchcraft [72]
• An incantation to bring rain [72]
• A cure for all bodily injuries [73]
• A witch in the shape of a dog [73]
• A man who assumed the shape of a hog [73]
• Witch transformations [74]
• A superstition about flies [74]
• Chapter IV.—Mythologic explanation of phenomena [75]
• Origin of the human race [76]
• Formation of the Turtle Clan [77]
• How the bear lost his tail [77]
• Origin of medicine [78]
• Origin of wampum [78]
• Origin of tobacco [79]
• Origin of plumage [79]
• Why the chipmunk has the black stripe on his back [80]
• Origin of the constellations [80]
• The Pole Star [81]
• Chapter V.—Tales [83]
• Boy rescued by a bear [83]
• Infant nursed by bears [84]
• The man and his step-son [85]
• The boy and his grandmother [86]
• The dead hunter [87]
• A hunter's adventures [88]
• The old man's lesson to his nephew [89]
• The hunter and his faithless wife [90]
• The charmed suit [92]
• The boy and the corn [96]
• The lad and the chestnuts [97]
• The guilty hunters [99]
• Mrs. Logan's story [100]
• The hunter and his dead wife [103]
• A sure revenge [104]
• Traveler's jokes [107]
• Kingfisher and his nephew [108]
• The wild-cat and the white rabbit [110]
• Chapter VI.—Religion [112]
• New Year's festival [112]
• Tapping the maple trees [115]
• Planting corn [115]
• Strawberry festival [115]
• Green-corn festival [115]
• Gathering the corn [115]

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