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Pomo Creation Story I I I – – adapted from the telling of Edwin Loeb Marumda was like a man and lived alone in a cloud house. Kuksu was like a brother to him and knew his ideas as well as himself. Marumda talked to himself, then took the hair from his head and asked … Continue reading Pomo Creation Story III

Pomo Creation Story I I – – adapted from the telling of Edwin Loeb Coyote had no wife but he had a son named Thunder Man. They lived together. Thunder Man went out to fish, beginning at the South Pole and traveling North. At each stream he set out basket traps and build a dam. … Continue reading Pomo Creation Story II

Pomo Creation Story I–adapted from the telling of Edwin Loeb Originally there was no ocean. Coyote created it. He was thirsty and he came upon some swamp tussock plants which he pulled up. Water began to flow and he drank. The water continued to flow and raised him up as the ocean began to be. … Continue reading Pomo Creation Story I

Salinan creation story adapted from the telling of JA Mason The old woman of the sea, Jealous Eagle, took her basket in which she carried the sea and poured it over the land. The sea rose to nearly the top of Santa Lucia Peak where Eagle and the other animals were. Eagle told Puma to … Continue reading Salinan Creation Story