Creation Myths of Primitive America

By: Jeremiah Curtin

Narrated by: Elaine Sepani

This volume offers an unusual collection of myths from two Native American cultures, the Wintu and Yana. The information was recorded and translated in the 1880s by the linguist Jeremiah Curtin. In the introduction, Curtin explains the vast antiquity of these myths of creation that preserve some of the earliest religious expression.

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