Woman under the ethnic religions
Title: Woman under the ethnic religionsAuthor: Mrs. Moses SmithReligions of Japan.Shintoism the prim...
Foreword ix
Introduction xvii
I. FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS IN SENECA FOLK LORE 1
Basic Premises 3 Gods, Major Spirits and Folk-Beasts 5 Nature Beings 10 Magic Beasts and Birds 16 Magical Man-like Beings 18
II. THEMES AND MATERIALS 23
Stereotyped Objects and Incidents 27 Components of the Cosmological Myth 33
III. THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE LEGENDS WERE TOLD 37
IV. WHEN THE WORLD WAS NEW 57
1. How the World Began 59 2. The Brothers who Climbed into the Sky 74 3. The Death Panther 78 4. The Great Bear Constellation 81 5. The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster 83 6. The Seven Star Dancers 86 7. The Coming of Spring 88 8. The Coming of Death 92
V. BOYS WHO DEFIED MAGIC AND OVERCAME IT 95
9. Origin of Folk Stories 97 10. The Forbidden Arrow and the Quilt of Men’s Eyes 101 11. Corn Grinder, the Grandson 108 12. He-Goes-to-Listen 116 13. Hatondas, the Listener, Finds a Wife 122 14. The Origin of the Chestnut Tree 128 15. Divided Body Rescues a Girl 133 16. The Origin of the Buffalo Society 137 17. The Boy who could not Understand 142 18. The Boy who Lived with the Bears 147 19. The Seventh Son 154 20. The Boy who Overcame all Magic by Laughter 159
VI. TALES OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE 171
21. Two Feathers and Turkey Brother 173 22. Two Feathers and Woodchuck Leggings 184 23. Turkey Boy Squeezed the Hearts of Sorcerers 200 24. Corn Rains into Empty Barrels 205 25. Twentgowa and the Mischief Maker 208 26. The Horned Serpent Runs Away with a Girl 218 27. The Great Serpent and the Young Wife 223 28. Bushy Head the Bewitched Warrior 228 29. The Flint Chip Thrower 235
VII. HORROR TALES OF CANNIBALS AND SORCERERS: 239
30. The Duel of the Dream Test 241 31. The Vampire Sirens 253 32. Younger Brother Eludes His Sister-in-Law 262 33. The Island of the Cannibal 269 34. The Twelve Brothers and the Wraith 278 35. The Cannibal and His Nephew 284 36. A Youth’s Double Abuses His Sister 290 37. Murdered Double Speaks Through Fire 293 38. The Vampire Corpse 298 VIII. TALES OF TALKING ANIMALS: 301 39. The Man who Exhaled Fire 303 40. The Turtle’s War Party 305 41. The Race of the Turtle and the Beaver 309 42. The Wolf and the Raccoon 312 43. The Chipmunk’s Stripes 314 44. The Rabbit Song 315 45. The Rabbit Gambler 317 46. The Raccoon and the Crabs 319 47. The Crab’s Eyes 321 48. How the Squirrel Gave a Blanket, etc. 322 49. The Chickadee’s Song 325 50. The Bird Woman 326 51. The Partridge’s Song 328 IX. TALES OF GIANTS, PYGMIES AND MONSTER BEARS: 329 52. A Tale of the Djogeon or Pygmies 331 53. Beyond-the-Rapids and the Stone Giant 334 54. The Animated Finger 337 55. The Stone Giant’s Battle 340 56. The Boy and the False Face 342 57. How a Boy Outwitted a Nia’´gwahe 344 58. Nia’´gwahe, the Mammoth Bear 349 59. The Boy and the Nia’´gwahe 358
X. TRADITIONS: 363
Seneca Belief in Witchcraft 365 60. Contents of a Charm Holder’s Bundle 368 61. Contents of a Witch Bundle 369 62. Overcoming a Witch 370 63. The Scorned Witch Woman 372 64. Catching a Witch Bundle 376 65. Witch with a Dog Transformation 378 66. Witch Steals Children’s Hearts 380 67. Hotciwaho (Hammer in His Belt) 382 68. How America was Discovered 383 69. Origin of the Charm Holder’s Medicine Society 386 70. Origin of the False Face Company 394 71. Origin of the Long House 403 72. Dead Timber, a Tradition of Albany 407
XI. APPENDIX: 409
A. Origin of the World 411 B. The Wyandot Creation Myth 417 C. An Interview with “Esq.” Johnson by Mrs. Asher Wright 421 D. Emblematic Trees in Iroquoian Mythology 431 E. The Society that Guards the Mystic Potence 445
ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES:
The Atmosphere in which Legends were Told.—From painting by R. J. Tucker Front.
Edward Cornplanter—Sosondowa Op. p. 4
Delos Big Kittle—Sainowa 〃 〃 58
The Seven Dancing Brothers—From painting by R. J. Tucker 〃 〃 82
Mrs. John Big Kittle.—Photo by E. C. Winnegar 〃 〃 172
Hadui Mask of the False Face Company 〃 〃 240
Emily Tallchief.—Photo by E. C. Winnegar 〃 〃 364
DRAWINGS BY JESSE CORNPLANTER:
The Thunder Serpent 7
The Spirit of Dionhekon 11
The Flying Head of the Wind 13
The Spirit of the Frost 14
The Snow Snake Game 39
A Bark Communal House 47
The Bear Dance 151
The Horned Serpent Op. p. 218
Magic Whistle 255
Figure of Dancing Warrior 273
Restoration of Red Hand 386
ILLUSTRATING EMBLEMATIC TREES:
Pictograph of the Sky-Dome 432
A False Face Leader 435
Symbolism of Legging Strips 437
Sky-Dome Symbols 438
Embroidered Borders 441
Embroidered Pouch: Seneca Work before 1850 Op. p. 442
Forms of the Celestial Tree 443
“Big Tree in Middle of the Earth” 444
Arrangement of the Little Water Lodge 451
Bibliography 459
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