Frachtenberg. Alsea texts and myths

Today's free book is Alsea texts and myths by Leo J. Frachtenberg (1920). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Creation myths:
1. Wind-Woman and her children 
2. The universal change 
3. The universal change 
4. The death of Grizzly Bear 
5. Seu'ku, the Transformer
6. The five Thunderers 
7. The origin of the Yakonan and Siuslawan tribes 
8. The origin of death 

Miscellaneous tales:
9. Vulture and his brothers-in-law 
10. The story of the Dog-Children 
11. The story of the Dog-Children
12. The avenger 
13. The lost elk hunters
14. The lost seal hunters 
15. The dreamer 
16. The man who married the Bear-Woman 
17. Coyote in a hollow tree 

Customs and historical narratives:
18. Games of the Alsea Indians 
19. The big fire 
20. The death of U. S. Grant, an Alsea Indian 

Superstitious beliefs:
21. The Monster-Girl of the woods; 
22. Exorcisms during a moon eclipse 
23. Exorcisms during a sun eclipse 
24. Exorcisms during a thunderstorm

Appendix
25. Seu'ku, the Transformer 
26. The killing of Elk 
27. The magic hazel twig 
28. The runaway couple