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

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107. [Notes on the medicine nikahnegaah] 491

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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]]

SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS

Collected by Jeremiah Curtin and J. N. B. Hewitt; edited by J. N. B. Hewitt

[[Contents]]

INTRODUCTION