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SEVEN MOHAVE MYTHS

BY

A. L. KROEBER

ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
Vol. 11, No. 1

ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORDS
Editors: A. L. Kroeber, E. W. Gifford, R. H. Lowie, R. L. Olson
Volume 11, No. 1, pp. 1-70, frontispiece
Submitted by editors August 17, 1945
Issued August 6, 1948
Price, $1.25

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, ENGLAND

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

KWATNIALKA OR JACK JONES, INTERPRETER

BLUEBIRD, NARRATOR OF CANE STORY

JO NELSON, NARRATOR OF MASTAMHO STORY

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46336@[email protected]#chap01s3ss1" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">19 Movement of the narrative 20 Apparent inconsistencies 20 Handling of the plot 21 Supplementary 23 II. Vinimulye-pātše 24 The tale 24 III. Nyohaiva 27 Circumstances and nature of the story 27 The Nyohaiva tale 28 The song scheme 35 IV. Raven 37 Narrator's statements 37 Outline of song scheme 37 The Raven story 38 V. Deer 41 Discussion

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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46336@[email protected]#chap05s1" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">41 Variations in song scheme 42 Words of songs 42 The Deer story 42 VI. Coyote 46 Circumstances of the recording 46 The tales 46 A: Dreamed 46 B: Dreamed 48 Children's stories: C, D, E 48 More stories for children: F, G, H 48 VII. Mastamho 50 The informant 50 Content of the myth 50 Schematic outline 51 Quality of the narrative 52 Main narrative: Mastamho's instituting

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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46336@[email protected]#chap07s5" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">52 Supplement: Thrasher and Mockingbird institute sex life 64 The lists of manufactured words 67 Appendix I. Mohave Directional Circuits 69 Appendix II. Mohave Names 70 ILLUSTRATION Interpreter and narrators frontispiece, facing v

Seven Mohave Myths

SEVEN MOHAVE MYTHS

CONTENTS