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Shoshone Indians Western Shoshoni Myths: Panamint Valley The Origin of the People
The earth was covered with water. The water dried up quickly. At this time the birds and animals were men.
8 The inference is that these weapons belonged to men who had previously visited her and whom she had killed. 9 In this and in subsequent versions of this tale, the familiar vagina dentatum theme is used to explain the failure of Coyote's amorous advances. Coyote remedies the situation by using a piece of wood or mountain sheep neck. The theme also is made to account for the disposition of part of the food eaten by the women. Deletions of this material are indicated by dots. 10 G. H. added that some paper was lost at this time, implying that the Indians had known how to write, but that the art was lost when Coyote opened the jug. |
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