Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest Especially Of Washington And Oregon

By Katharine Berry Judson · Running time 02:24:13 · Culture & Heritage Fiction, Nature & Animal Fiction

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The basis on which these myths were selected necessarily excluded those which showed traces of the white man's religion or of the red man's coarseness. Relatively speaking, only a few myths could be selected. These were the creation myths, the origin of the races, the theft of fire, the salmon, and especially those connected with the physical features of the country, such as those of Takhoma, Shasta, the Columbia River, and the group of mountains of the bridge of the gods…. No claim is made for original work in this volume, except with regard to the selection of the myths and the rewriting of

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