Creation Myths of Primitive America Part 79

Waihola Puyuk Northern pipe place.

Waikidi Pom Northern Kidi land.

Wini Mem Middle water, now MacCloud River.

YANA PLACES MENTIONED IN THE MYTHS

Chupiskoto Red rocks.

Daha Great water, Sacramento River.

Hakachimatu Blue and white flint place, Polecat Spring.

Hakamatu Flint place, Buzzard's Roost.

Hwitalmauna Whistling-place, Little Flat.

Iwi?ljami Montgomery creek.

Jamahdi.

Jidji?lpa Cedar creek.

Jigu?lmatu Round place, Round Mountain.

Juka Mapti.

Kamshumatu Clover place.

Ke?tmatu Poison place.

Kurulsa Mauna.

Motiri Mauna.

Oaimatu A hollow mountain northeast of Round Mountain.

Pawi Clover creek.

Pulshu Aina.

Wahkalu Mount Shasta.

Wahkanopa La.s.sen's b.u.t.te.

Wajami.

Wakaruwa Wakara's (moon's) dwelling.

Wamarawi A round mountain at Ball Creek.

Wewauna Round place.

VALUE OF LETTERS IN THE LIST OF PLACES AND IN THE NAMES OF PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE VOLUME

A long = a in hate A short = o " not Ai = i " bite Au = ow " now E long = ai " bait E short = e " bet I long = ee " beet I short = i " bit O long = o " note O short = o " not U long = oo " boot U short = u " bull J = our J H = German ch

All other consonants have the same value as ours.

All short vowels are marked with ?; the long are unmarked.

When the Indian meaning of names is known, I have given it before the present name of the place given by white men. When the name given by white men stands alone, it indicates that the Indian meaning is uncertain or unknown.

Names accented on the penult have no accents printed on them; all others have printed accents.

MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE OF IRELAND.

BY JEREMIAH CURTIN.

_With Etched Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.00._

The myth tales included in this volume were collected personally by the author, during 1887, in the west of Ireland,--in Kerry, Galway, and Donegal,--and taken down from the mouths of men who, with one or two exceptions, spoke only Gaelic, or but little English and that imperfectly. To this is due the fact that the stories are so well preserved, and not blurred and rendered indistinct, as is the case in places where the ancient Gaelic language, in which they were originally told, has perished.

CONTENTS.

Introduction.

The Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch Lein.

The Three Daughters of King O'Hara.

The Weaver's Son and the Giant of the White Hill.

Fair, Brown, and Trembling.

The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island.

The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire.

The Three Daughters of the King of the East and the Son of a King in Erin.

The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach.

The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin.

Kil Arthur.

Shaking-Head.

Birth of Fin Macc.u.mhail.

Fin Macc.u.mhail and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh.

Fin Macc.u.mhail and the Knight of the Full Axe.

Gilla na Grakin and Fin Macc.u.mhail.

Fin Macc.u.mhail, the Seven Brothers, and the King of France.

Black, Brown, and Gray.

Fin Macc.u.mhail.

Cuculin.

Oisin in Tir na n-og.

[Decoration]

NOTICES.

Mr. Curtin is the first to give to the public a volume of Irish popular tales which _may justly be ranked with the best recent collections of popular tales in Germany, France, and Italy.... A delightful book alike for the scholar and general reader_.--_The Nation._

I have now read the whole of your "Irish Myths," with perhaps one exception, and I compliment you most heartily upon the book. _It is wonderfully fresh and suggestive, and in the mere capacity of a lot of fairy stories it ought to have a big circulation._ Fin MacCool and the Fenians of Erin were great fellows anyway.--_Charles A. Dana._

A contribution to the literature of the subject which is of the very first importance.... The stories are wonderfully fresh and distinct, and they are pervaded with a most rare and delicious humor.--_The Beacon._

A more thoroughly delightful book has not come to hand for many a long day. Its tales have, in the first place, the genuine ring of original myths, the true ring of folk-lore, that indescribable navete which is as charming as it is inimitable.--_Boston Courier._

No more interesting or more valuable contribution to the literature of this subject has ever been made.... The tales in this book are very charming. They cover a wide range, and to adults as well as to children of tender years they are simply fascinating.--_Quebec Chronicle._

The work of the collector is not only performed faithfully, but with such intelligence that the stories have a value in literature worthy of being added to the Norse sagas and other tales of wild adventure and myths.--_Boston Journal._