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Introduction        43

Part 1. Material Collected by Jeremiah Curtin

FICTION

1.	The sister and her six elder brothers							75
2.	The child and his uncle							81
3.	Djogeon and his uncle							84
4.	The woman who married a great serpent							86
5.	The ghost woman and the hunter							90
6.	Hahnowa and his forces on the warpath							92
7.	The old man’s grandson and the chief of the deserted village							95
8.	The man who married a buffalo woman							98
9.	A woman and her bear lover							102
10.	The fox and the rabbit							105
11.	The snake with two heads							106
12.	A hunter pursued by Genonsgwa							106
13.	The grandmother and her granddaughter							111
14.	The woman who became a snake from eating fish							111
15.	Gaqga makes a journey and kills many people							113
16.	Ohohwa and the two sisters							115
17.	A great snake battle							117
18.	The Ongwe Ias and his younger brother							118
19.	Haieñdoñnis and Yenogeauns							121
20.	The man with a panther-skin robe and his brother with a turkey-skin robe							127
21.	Deadoeñdjadases and the old woman’s grandson							135
22.	Hatʻhondas (the Listener)							139
23.	The story of the Ohohwa people							144
24.	The chestnut tree guarded by the seven sisters							147
25.	The otter’s heart and the claw fetishes							151
26.	The seven sisters who produce wampum							154
27.	The forsaken infant and Gaha							160
28.	The old man and the boy							162
29.	The story of the girls who went for a husband							166
30.	The creation of man							168
31.	Ganiagwaihegowa							169
32.	The man who became a fish, and a Ganiagwaihe							169
33.	A dead man speaks to his mother through the fire							172
34.	The potent boy							176
35.	The faithless wife and the three old men							180
36.	The Dagwanoenyent and her husband							187
37.	A raccoon story [40]							191
38.	The self-sacrifice of two dogs for their master							193
39.	The three young women							195
40.	Hinon and the Seneca warriors							197
41.	Hodadeñon and Yenyentʻhwus							199
42.	The uncle and his nephew							223
43.	Hinon saves a woman from suicide							228
44.	The crawfish and the raccoon							229
45.	The race between the turtle and the bear							229
46.	The woman who became a man-eater through the orenda of her husband’s dogs							231
47.	Ganyadjigowa							236
48.	Hadentʻheni and Hanigongendatʻha							251
49.	Dagwanoenyent							261
50.	The shaman and his nephew							262
51.	The horned snake and the young woman							268
52.	The man pursued by his sister-in-law							270
53.	The story of bloody hand							273
54.	The seven stars of the dipper							276
55.	The story of the two brothers							277
56.	Hodionskon							283
57.	The cannibal uncle, his nephew, and the nephew’s invisible brother							285
58.	Doonongaes and Tsodiqgwadon							296

LEGENDS

59.	Genonsgwa							341
60.	The grandmother and her grandson							347
61.	Heart squeezing and the dance of naked persons							355
62.	Hotʻho, the Winter God							356
63.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and his three brothers							357
64.	The moose wife							361
65.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa							365
66.	The porcupine’s grandson and the bear							365
67.	Genonsgwa							369
68.	Hinon Hohawaqk and his grandmother							372
69.	Hagowanen and Otʼhegwenhda							376
70.	Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus. Part I							389
71.	Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus. Part II							399
72.	Uncle and nephew and the white otters							401
73.	Deoyadastatʻhe and Hodjowiski							406
74.	A genesis tradition							409
75.	The two brothers and the mice fetishes							415
76.	The orphan							417
77.	The great worm and Hinon							420
78.	The chipmunk and the bear							421
79.	The great white beaver and the Lake of the Enchanted Waters							422

TRADITIONS

80.	Ganon, the Seneca war chief							428
81.	Hatcinondon: A historical tradition							432
82.	Godiont and the Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa							436
83.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa [41]							437
84.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa							437
85.	Genonsgwa							437
86.	Genonsgwa							439
87.	Genonsgwa							440
88.	Genonsgwa							440
89.	Genonsgwa							441
90.	Bald Eagle sends Mud Turtle around the world							450
91.	The poor hunter and Djogeon							452
92.	The man killed by the three hunters							453
93.	Hinon and the Iroquois							456

TALES

94.	A shaman’s deed							457
95.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa (modern)							457
96.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa							458
97.	The vampire skeleton							458

MYTHS

98.	A tale of the sky world							460
99.	Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and Hotʻhoh							462
100.	The morning star and the cannibal wife							464
101.	The woman and the cannibal thunder							469
102.	Gaqga and Sgagedi							472
103.	Dagwanoenyent and Gaasyendietʻha							474
104.	Dagwanoenyentgowa Sʻhagodigendji and Yenonsgwa							481
105.	The twelve brothers and their uncle, Dagwanoenyent							485
106.	Ongwe Ias and his brother, Dagwanoenyent							488

MEDICAL NOTE

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Notes on the medicine nikahnegaah

491

Part 2. Seneca Legends and Myths, Collected by J. N. B. Hewitt

108.	The legend of Hayanowe (He-the-fleet-footed)							495
109.	Oñgweʻ Hañgesʹʻhäʼ and Gajihsondis (Skin-of-man and Spike-hitter)							501
110.	Gajihsondis, the Amulet-hitter							519
111.	The legend of Honenhineh and his younger brothers							525
112.	The legend of Godasiyo							537
113.	A legend of an anthropomorphic tribe of rattlesnakes							539
114.	The twins: grandsons of Gahoⁿʻdjiʼdāʹʻhoⁿk							543
115.	The legend of the misogamist							555
116.	The acts of the seventh son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ							565
117.	The legend of Hodadeñon and his elder sister							573
118.	The legend of Gādjĭsʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs							586
119.	The legend of Deodyatgaowen (Deodiăʼtgaōʹweĕⁿʻ = His-body-is-bifid or two-cleft)							607
120.	An address of thanksgiving to the powers of the Master of Life							632
121.	A corn legend and a flood story							636
122.	The legend of man’s acquisition of corn							642
123.	The bean woman (a fragment)							648
124.	The legend of Onenha (the corn) [42]							649
125.	The origin of white corn, or kaneñhageñat							652
126.	The origin of the Porcupine people or clan							654
127.	The origin of the Bear songs and dances							658
128.	The origin of the Pigeon songs and dances							663
129.	The legend of Hahadodagwatʻha							666
130.	The story of Hahskwahot (= It-standing-stone)							680
131.	The legend of Genonsgwa							681
132.	The legend of the Stone Coats (Genonsgwa)							682
133.	The story of the white pigeon, the chief of the pigeons							694
134.	The weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and Squash people							701
135.	Sʻhagowenotʻha, the spirit of the tides							705
136.	Sʻhagowenotʻha (text), with interlinear translation							715
137.	The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña							743
138.	The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña (text), with interlinear translation							756

Notes        791 [43]