MADOC. Legend of, [4]
MAIDU. A Californian tribe; dwellings of, [47]; creation-myth of, [123]; Coyote and Kodoyanpe deities of, [123]; the seasons of, [133]
MAIZE. Chippeway story of the origin of, [180-182]
MAKER-OF-THE-THICK-SEA-MIST. Haida deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, [318]
MALICIOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Story of the, [176-180]
MALSUM (The Wolf). A malignant creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Glooskap, [141-143], [149]; contest with Glooskap, [141-142]; appears later in Algonquian myth as Lox, or Loki, [143]; future conflict with Glooskap, [149]
MAN. Origin of, in America, [5-22]
MANABOZHO. Same as Michabo, [11], which see
MANDANS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; community houses of, [45]; creation-myth of, [109]; the dove regarded as sacred by, [112]; the Buffalo Dance, a festival of, [134-135]
MANITO (The Great Spirit). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Michabo; and the lightning, [112]. II. A general term for a potent spirit or the supernatural among the Algonquins and Sioux, [114]. III. Supreme deity of the Iroquois; in the legend of the Healing Waters, [257-260]