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CONTENTS
[The numbers in parentheses refer to the classification given in the Comparison of Myths, pages 267-275.]
| CREEK STORIES |
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| 1. How day and night were divided | |
| 2. Bead-spitter and Thrown-away (3, 10) | |
| 3. The orphan (43) | |
| 4. Thunder Helper (43) | |
| 5. The origin of corn (4) | |
| 6. The orphan and the origin of corn (4, 6) | |
| 7. The orphan and the origin of corn (second version) (4, 6) | |
| 8. The orphan and the origin of corn (third version) (6) | |
| 9. The only son and Rabbit (6) | |
| 10. The origin of tobacco | |
| 11. The origin of tobacco (second version) (15) | |
| 12. The origin of tobacco (third version) (15) | |
| 13. Man-eater and the little girl (The magic flight) (9) | |
| 14. The water panther | |
| 15. How the alligator's nose was broken | |
| 16. Story of the bat (52) | |
| 17. The friendly dogs | |
| 18. The hunter and his dogs (25) | |
| 19. The monster | |
| 20. The hunter, the monster lizard, and the panther (33) | |
| 21. The hunter, the monster lizard, and the panther (second version) (33) | |
| 22. The racing snake (34) | |
| 23. The man who became a snake (35) | |
| 24. The man who became a snake (second version) (35) | |
| 25. The man who became a snake (third version) (35) | |
| 26. The man who became a snake (fourth version) (35) | |
| 27. The man who became a snake (fifth version) | |
| 28. The king of the tie-snakes | |
| 29. The story of the turkey (39) | |
| 30. The monster turtle (44) | |
| 31. The monster turtle (second version) (44) | |
| 32. The big rock man | |
| 33. The woman and the monster earthworm (40) | |
| 34. The fawn, the wolves, and the terrapin (49) | |
| 35. How the terrapin's back came to be in cheeks (53) | |
| 36. How the terrapin's back came to be in cheeks (second version) (53) | |
| 37. Why the opossum has no hair on his tail | |
| 38. Why the opossum has no hair on his tail (second story) (49) | |
| 39. The race between the crane and the humming bird (50) | |
| 40. Rabbit gets Man-eater over to the other side of the ocean (65) | |
| 41. Rabbit gets Man-eater over to the other side of the ocean (second version) (65) | |
| 42. Rabbit gets Man-eater over to the other side of the ocean (third version) (65) | |
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| 43. Rabbit gets Man-eater over to the other side of the ocean (fourth version) (65) | |
| 44. Rabbit steals fire (67) | |
| 45. Rabbit tries a game of scratch with Wildcat | |
| 46. Rabbit gets a turkey for Wildcat (64) | |
| 47. Rabbit gets a turkey for Wildcat (second version) (64) | |
| 48. Raccoon gets a deer for Panther (64) | |
| 49. Rabbit engineers a tug of war between two tie-snakes (70) | |
| 50. Rabbit engineers a tug of war between two tie-snakes (second version) (70) | |
| 51. Rabbit engineers a tug of war between two tie-snakes (third version) (70) | |
| 52. Rabbit engineers a tug of war between Tie-snake and Man-eater (70) | |
| 53. Rabbit engineers a tug of war between two bison (70) | |
| 54. Rabbit fools Alligator (70) | |
| 55. Rabbit fools Alligator (second version) | |
| 56. Terrapin races (57) | |
| 57. Terrapin races (second version) (57) | |
| 58. Terrapin races (third version) (57) | |
| 59. Terrapin races (fourth version) (57) | |
| 60. Terrapin races (fifth version) (57) | |
| 61. The bungling host (58) | |
| 62. How Rabbit won his wife's sister for his second wife | |
| 63. Turkey, Turtle, and Rattlesnake (42) | |
| 64. The tasks of Rabbit (54, 68) | |
| 65. The tasks of Rabbit (second version) (54) | |
| 66. The tasks of Rabbit (third version) (54) | |
| 67. Why the rabbit steals (60) | |
| 68. Why the oppossum looks ashamed (60) | |
| 69. How Rabbit got the widow's daughter | |
| 70. How Rabbit got the widow's daughter (second version) | |
| 71. Rabbit fools Coyote (69) | |
| 72. Rabbit rides Wolf (61, 69, 71) | |
| 73. Rabbit rides Wolf (second version) (61, 71) | |
| 74. Rabbit rides Wolf (third version) (61) | |
| 75. The tar baby (63) | |
| 76. Rabbit deceives the other animals (72) | |
| 77. Rabbit escapes from the box (66) | |
| 78. Rabbit's imposition is detected | |
| 79. The flight to the tree (76) | |
| 80. Cow and Dog are discontented | |
| 81. The language of the animals | |
| 82. The origin of races | |
| 83. The origin of races (second version) | |
| 84. The ordering of field work (5) | |
| 85. The devil's tasks | |
| 86. The boy and the lion | |
| 87. The animal helpers | |
| 88. A bear drive (a hunting story) | |
| 89. A legend recorded by Bartram | |
| 90. The creation of the earth (a Yuchi story) (1) | |
| 91. The monkey girl (an African story) | |
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| HITCHITI STORIES |
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| 1. Bear, Tiger, Rattlesnake, and Fire (12) | |
| 2. The origin of tobacco (15) | |
| 3. The origin of wolves | |
| 4. The boy and the wizards (38) | |
| 5. The man-eating bird | |
| 6. The visit to the nest of the monster bird (27) | |
| 7. A strange turkey catches people and carries them up to the sky (39) | |
| 8. The deer women (47) | |
| 9. The hunter and his dogs (25) | |
| 10. The hunter and his dogs (second version) (25) | |
| 11. The man and the owl | |
| 12. The orphan and the owl | |
| 13. The alligator that stole a man | |
| 14. Story of the lizard (40) | |
| 15. The monster lizard (33) | |
| 16. The hunter and the tie-snake (26) | |
| 17. The man who became a snake (35) | |
| 18. The water people (41) | |
| 19. A Rip Van Winkle story (42) | |
| 20. The wolves and the dogs | |
| 21. The deer kills himself against a tree (51, 72) | |
| 22. Terrapin races (57) | |
| 23. Heron and Humming Bird (50) | |
| 24. The theft of fire (67) | |
| 25. The theft of fire (second version) (67) | |
| 26. The tasks of Rabbit (54, 59) | |
| 27. Tie-snake and Rabbit (70) | |
| 28. Rabbit rides Wolf (61) | |
| 29. Rabbit and Wolf (61, 62) | |
| 30. Rabbit and Wildcat (71) | |
| 31. Rabbit and Wildcat | |
| 32. Rabbit and Wildcat (64) | |
| 33. The tar baby (63) | |
| 34. The tar baby (second version) (63) | |
| 35. The bungling host (58) | |
| 36. Rabbit is sent with medicine | |
| 37. Alan and Rabbit (71) | |
| 38. Man and Rabbit | |
| 39. Rabbit and the old man | |
| 40. A war story (from A. S. Gatschet) | |
| 41. Walnut-cracker | |
| 42. The unfaithful wife (73) | |
| ALABAMA STORIES |
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| 1. Origin of the Indians | |
| 2. Origin of the Alabama Indians | |
| 3. The flood (2) | |
| 4. The swinging grapevines (21) | |
| 5. Fire (12) | |
| 6. Another fire story | |
| 7. The rescue of the sun (67) | |
| 8. How water was lost and recovered (13) | |
| 9. Thunder (45) | |
| l0. The monster deer (46) | |
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| 11. The deer taboos (47) | |
| 12. Bead-spitter (7, 10) | |
| 13. Big Man-eater and the persimmon tree (11) | |
| 14. The obstacle flight (9) | |
| 15. The obstacle flight (second version) (9) | |
| 16. Lodge Boy and Thrown-away (3) | |
| 17. The orphan (6) | |
| 18. The orphan (second version) (6, 62) | |
| 19. The celestial skiff | |
| 20. The men who went to the sky (23) | |
| 21. The men who went to the sky (second version) (23) | |
| 22. The men who went to the sky (third version) (23) | |
| 23. The friends | |
| 24. The dead wife | |
| 25. The hunter and his ghostly visitants | |
| 26. The ghost | |
| 27. The owl wives | |
| 28. The man and the ghost (24) | |
| 29. Adventures with supernatural beings (41) | |
| 30. The sapia | |
| 31. The pygmies (28) | |
| 32. The Bear People (29) | |
| 33. The Bear People (second version) (29) | |
| 34. The bear's revenge (30) | |
| 35. The alligator benefactor (31) | |
| 36. The alligator benefactor (second version) (31) | |
| 37. The man and the alligator | |
| 38. The owl and the hawk (32) | |
| 39. The owl and the hawk (second version) (32) | |
| 40. The big lizard | |
| 41. The black snake (34) | |
| 42. The woman who turned into a snake (35) | |
| 43. The eagle's nest (27) | |
| 44. The man who rescued his wife by strategy | |
| 45. A fight between the Alabama and the Choctaw | |
| 46. The girl captives | |
| 47. The Alabama and Choctaw wars | |
| 48. A war between the Alabama and the Choctaw | |
| 49. The captive Alabama | |
| 50. Crane and Humming Bird race (50) | |
| 51. Terrapin races (57) | |
| 52. Opossum (49) | |
| 53. Terrapin and the wolves (49) | |
| 54. Rabbit and Big Man-eater (65) | |
| 55. Rabbit and Big Man-eater (second version) (65) | |
| 56. Rabbit kills Big Man-eater | |
| 57. The tar baby (63) | |
| 58. Rabbit and the box (66) | |
| 59. The bungling host (58) | |
| 60. The flight to the tree (76) | |
| 61. Money-spitter (77) | |
| 62. The monster | |
| 63. Story of the mule's return | |
| 64. Some short stories | |
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| KOASATI STORIES |
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| 1. The ordering of the months and seasons | |
| 2. The Pleiades (18) | |
| 3. The Stars-in-a-row | |
| 4. The star husbands (17) | |
| 5. A story of the origin of corn and tobacco | |
| 6. Corn woman (4) | |
| 7. How the water was lost and recovered (13) | |
| 8. The submarine people (14) | |
| 9. Sickness | |
| 10. The six brothers (11) | |
| 11. The still crawling sister | |
| 12. Bead-spitter (7, 10) | |
| 13. The story of an orphan (7) | |
| 14. The wicked mother-in-law (8) | |
| 15. The orphan boy and Rabbit (6, 62) | |
| 16. The story of Crow (3) | |
| 17. The obstacle flight (9) | |
| 18. The obstacle flight (second version) (9) | |
| 19. Thunder and Laigatonōhona | |
| 20. Thunder (45) | |
| 21. The giant elk (46) | |
| 22. The giant deer (46) | |
| 23. The hero from under the water | |
| 24. Pigeon Hawk brings down the iron (22) | |
| 25. The monster black snake (34) | |
| 26. Story of two brothers who tried to restore their sister to life (23) | |
| 27. A story of the Bear clan (29) | |
| 28. The orphan and the bear (36) | |
| 29. The bear's revenge (30) | |
| 30. The man and the deer women (47) | |
| 31. The man and the eagle (27) | |
| 32. The old dog saves his master (25) | |
| 33. The pigeon hawk's gift (32) | |
| 34. The owl persecutors (37) | |
| 35. The owl persecutors (second version) (37) | |
| 36. The monster lizard (33) | |
| 37. The story of Life-eater | |
| 38. The man who treated a ghost (24) | |
| 39. The owl and the turkey | |
| 40. The story of Owl and Little Yellow Mouse | |
| 41. The story of Wåhgāldnoh | |
| 42. The story of Opossum | |
| 43. The story of Opossum (second version) | |
| 44. Opossum and Panther in partnership (64) | |
| 45. Opossum and Skunk (48) | |
| 46. Panther and Rattlesnake | |
| 47. Tadpole and Crawfish | |
| 48. The wolf and the terrapin (57) | |
| 49. Crane and Humming Bird (50) | |
| 50. The conceit of Tciktcinigåsi | |
| 51. Locust and Ant | |
| 52. The dog and the heron (78) | |
| 53. Rabbit obtains fire (67) | |
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| 54. Rabbit and the river (55, 62, 66) | |
| 55. Rabbit fools Big Man-eater (65) | |
| 56. Rabbit and Big Man-eater swap (64) | |
| 57. Rabbit plays pranks on Big Man-eater (65) | |
| 58. Rabbit and the ducks (56) | |
| 59. The tar baby (63, 66) | |
| 60. Rabbit and the turkeys | |
| 61. The bungling host (58) | |
| 62. Rabbit and Buzzard | |
| 63. Rabbit fools Wildcat (69) | |
| 61. The flight to the tree (76) | |
| 65. Money-spitter (77) | |
| NATCHEZ STORIES |
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| 1. The flood (2) | |
| 2. The rolling head (16) | |
| 3. The cannibal's seven sons (20) | |
| 4. The cannibal woman (19) | |
| 5. Lodge Boy and Thrown-away (3) | |
| 6. Lodge Boy and Thrown-away (second version) (3) | |
| 7. The origin of corn (4, 5) | |
| S. Corn Woman's son (4, 6, 54, 55) | |
| 9. The panther child (6, 7) | |
| 10. Thunder | |
| 11. Adoption of the human race | |
| 12. Adoption of the human race (second version) | |
| 13. The cannibal (56) | |
| 14. The Pleiades (18) | |
| 15. The hunter and his dogs (25) | |
| 16. Adventure with a tie-snake (26) | |
| 17. The Ukteni | |
| 18. The Tlānuwâ (27) | |
| 19. The pygmies (28) | |
| 20. The frog that lost his wife | |
| 21. The panther and the crane | |
| 22. The opossum (48) | |
| 23. The wolves and the fawn (49) | |
| 24. Terrapin and Deer (57) | |
| 25. The fox and the crawfish | |
| 26. The crane and the humming bird (50) | |
| 27. The owl and the perch | |
| 28. The turtle | |
| 29. Turkey and Wildcat | |
| 30. The bungling host (58) | |
| 31. Rabbit and Alligator (59, 60) | |
| 32. The wolf and the rabbit (61, 62) | |
| 33. The tar baby (63) | |
| 34. Rabbit and Wildcat (64) | |
| 35. Rabbit and Man-eater (65) | |
| 36. Story of a bison | |
| 37. The bison helper | |
| 38. The mosquito | |
| 39. The Indian Munchausen (74) | |
| 40. The twelve Irishmen (75) | |
| 41. The two Irishmen | |
| 42. Jack and the beanstalk | |
| 43. The simpleton |
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