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Yuki creation story from Mendocino County Taikomol and Coyote floated on the water which was the only thing around. Taikomol took the shape of a human. He made a basket from his body. From the basket he made earth. He fastened the four corners of the earth and made the sky from four whale skins. … Continue reading Yuki Creation Story

Kato creation story from Mendocino County Before this world there was another. Thunder and Nagaicho, gods, looked at the sky which was made of sandstone. They decided to stretch the sky to the east. At each of the four corners of the sky they set up a great rock. They made flowers. To the east … Continue reading Kato Creation Story

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