Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 天火 · tianmu.org
Diegueño (Kumeyaay) Oral Literature
✦ ─── ⟐ ─── ✦
Texts
Ceremonies and Traditions of the Diegueño Indians — Constance Goddard Du BoisConstance Goddard Du Bois's 1908 Journal of American Folk-Lore article on Diegueño (Kumeyaay) ceremony and belief, including a dance-song, a fair-weather-making ceremony, and a Yuma creation myth as told by a Diegueño narrator.The Mythology of the Diegueños — Constance Goddard Du BoisConstance Goddard Du Bois's 1901 Journal of American Folk-Lore article recording a Diegueño (Kumeyaay) creation cycle from the elder Cinon Duro: the shaping of sky and earth, the council's choice of mortality, the frog's impiety, and the death and fiesta of the maker Tu-chai-pai.The Story of the Chaup — Constance Goddard Du BoisConstance Goddard Du Bois's 1904 Journal of American Folk-Lore article presenting a Diegueño (Kumeyaay) myth of the Chaup, with the related Story of the Eagles.