Miwok Oral Literature

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  • Miwok Myths — Edward Winslow GiffordEdward Winslow Gifford's 1917 collection of fourteen Central Sierra Miwok myths from Tuolumne County, California, told by Thomas Williams and William Fuller, with his own abstracts.
  • The Dawn of the World — C. Hart MerriamC. Hart Merriam's 1910 collection of Mewan (Miwok) myths and present-day beliefs from central California, in two parts — ancient creation-cycle myths and living beliefs about animals, ghosts, and natural phenomena.