Hupa Texts
56 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is a collection of texts from the Hupa, who lived in Northern California, Humboldt County, on the Trinity River. The texts are unfiltered translations of stories related by Hupa at the start of the 20th century in an ethnographic context. They largely take place in a time before the arrival of human beings, populated by trickster gods and supernatural beings called Kīxûnai. The texts include a number of shamanistic formulas for healing, protection and good luck.
The following files contain music notation for songs: IX, XLIV, and XLVI.
Table of contents
56 chapters
01 IX 02 XLIV 03 XLVI 04 Title Page 05 Contents 06 Introduction 07 Key to the Sounds Represented by the Characters Used 08 I. Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero 09 II. XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground. 10 III. Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose 11 IV. Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-South. 12 V. Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck. 13 VI. Litcūwdiñ yadeLtse.--At Sand-place They Lived 14 VII. Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man 15 VIII. Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance 16 X. Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets 17 XI. The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse 18 XII. Origin of Fire 19 XIII. The Coming of White Men 20 XIV. The Coming of White Men 21 XV. The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow 22 XVI. The Scabby Young Man 23 XVII. The Passing of the Kīxûnai 24 XVIII. The Spoiling of the World 25 XIX. Formula of the Jumping Dance
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Hupa Texts
56 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is a collection of texts from the Hupa, who lived in Northern California, Humboldt County, on the Trinity River. The texts are unfiltered translations of stories related by Hupa at the start of the 20th century in an ethnographic context. They largely take place in a time before the arrival of human beings, populated by trickster gods and supernatural beings called Kīxûnai. The texts include a number of shamanistic formulas for healing, protection and good luck.
The following files contain music notation for songs: IX, XLIV, and XLVI.
Table of contents
56 chapters
01 IX 02 XLIV 03 XLVI 04 Title Page 05 Contents 06 Introduction 07 Key to the Sounds Represented by the Characters Used 08 I. Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero 09 II. XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground. 10 III. Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose 11 IV. Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-South. 12 V. Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck. 13 VI. Litcūwdiñ yadeLtse.--At Sand-place They Lived 14 VII. Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man 15 VIII. Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance 16 X. Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets 17 XI. The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse 18 XII. Origin of Fire 19 XIII. The Coming of White Men 20 XIV. The Coming of White Men 21 XV. The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow 22 XVI. The Scabby Young Man 23 XVII. The Passing of the Kīxûnai 24 XVIII. The Spoiling of the World 25 XIX. Formula of the Jumping Dance
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Hupa Texts
56 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is a collection of texts from the Hupa, who lived in Northern California, Humboldt County, on the Trinity River. The texts are unfiltered translations of stories related by Hupa at the start of the 20th century in an ethnographic context. They largely take place in a time before the arrival of human beings, populated by trickster gods and supernatural beings called Kīxûnai. The texts include a number of shamanistic formulas for healing, protection and good luck.
The following files contain music notation for songs: IX, XLIV, and XLVI.
Table of contents
56 chapters
01 IX 02 XLIV 03 XLVI 04 Title Page 05 Contents 06 Introduction 07 Key to the Sounds Represented by the Characters Used 08 I. Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero 09 II. XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground. 10 III. Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose 11 IV. Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-South. 12 V. Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck. 13 VI. Litcūwdiñ yadeLtse.--At Sand-place They Lived 14 VII. Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man 15 VIII. Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance 16 X. Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets 17 XI. The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse 18 XII. Origin of Fire 19 XIII. The Coming of White Men 20 XIV. The Coming of White Men 21 XV. The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow 22 XVI. The Scabby Young Man 23 XVII. The Passing of the Kīxûnai 24 XVIII. The Spoiling of the World 25 XIX. Formula of the Jumping Dance
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