I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 6. Coyote Sets the Parturition Customs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Frontispiece: Edward Sapir, 1909 6
3. Preface 11
4. Introduction 13
5. Southern Paiute, a Shoshonean Language (1930)
6. Preface 19
7. CONTENTS 21
8. Distribution and literature (§1) 23
9. Phonology (§ § 2–16) 24
10. Morphology (§ § 17–63)
11. Grammatical processes (§17) 88
12. Compounding of stems (§ 18) 91
13. Enclitics (§19) 105
14. Prefixes (§ § 20–22) 116
15. Derivative and formal suffixes (§ § 23–37) 128
16. Pronouns (§ § 38–46) 194
17. Noun morphology (§ § 47–50) 230
18. Verb morphology (§ § 51–56) 252
19. Negation (§57) 270
20. Reduplication (§58) 274
21. Numerals (§59) 280
22. Adverbs (§60) 284
23. Interjections (§61) 290
24. Idiomatic usages (§62) 291
25. Text with Analysis 294
26. FOOTNOTES 301
27. Texts of the Kaibab Paiutes and Uintah Utes (1930)
28. CONTENTS 317
29. INTRODUCTION 319
30. KEY to THE PHONETIC SYSTEM EMPLOYED 322
31. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 1. Wolf and his Brother 328
32. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 2. How the "Cry" Originated 367
33. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 3. How the Bear Dance Originated 370
34. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 4. The Origin of People 373
35. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 5. Sparrow Hawk and Gray Hawk Contend for a Woman 382
36. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 6. Coyote Sets the Parturition Customs 391
37. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 7. The Theft of Fire 399
38. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 8. Iron-Clothes 416
39. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 9. Chipmunk Deceives the Giant 430
40. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 10. Coyote unsuccessfully Imitates Carrion Beetle 432
41. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 11. Gray Hawk and Toad Gamble 436
42. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 12. Rat Invites the Deer and Mountain Sheep to a Round Dance 448
43. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 13. The Badger People Wage War against Wolf and Coyote 454
44. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 14. Eagle as Suitor 466
45. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 15. Rattlesnake as Story-teller 468
46. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 16. Owl's Widow's Experiences with Skunk, Badger, and Hawk 470
47. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 17. Coyote and Porcupine 478
48. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 18. Coyote and his Daughters 484
49. I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 19. The Bird that Carried People away 486
50. II. PAIUTE NON-MYTHICAL TEXTS 492
51. III. PAIUTE MYTH RECITATIVES 498
52. IV. UTE MYTHS 504
53. NOTES 535
54. Southern Paiute Dictionary (1931)
55. Preface 559
56. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 561
57. ABBREVIATIONS PART I 564
58. ABBREVIATIONS PART II 658
59. English Index to Sapir's Southern Paiute Dictionary 753
60. Kaibab Paiute and Northern Ute Ethnographic Field Notes 779
61. Kaibab Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes 785
62. Northern Ute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1909 867
63. Maps/Figures 889
64. Editorial Notes 903
65. References 917
66. Index 923