The Hookooeko of Nicasio and San Rafael say:
A woman had a husband and two boy babies— twins. The woman’s brother killed her husband and the little boys did not know that they ever had a father…
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The Hookooeko of San Rafael say:
Yu'-ten me'-chah the Evil One lives in the hills just north of San Rafael; he travels about at night and sometimes comes and touches people when they are asleep…
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The Hookooeko of Nicasio and San Rafael say:
Our country is on the north side of San Francisco Bay and reaches from San Rafael to Tomales Bay. Before the white man came and destroyed us there used…
Read MoreThe Echo /
The Hookooeko of Nicasio and Tomales Bay say:
Pe-tān'-yah the Lizard with blue sides [29] lives everywhere in the rocks and hills and woods. When he hears a loud noise he talks back. This is Si-yu-kā-i the…
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The Hookooeko of Nicasio and Tomales Bay say:
Kah-chah the Rainbow is the bow of O'-ye the Coyote-man.
Read MoreGhosts follow the Pathway of the Wind /
The Hookooeko of Nicasio and Tomales Bay say:
When a person dies his Wal'-le [1] or Ghost goes to Hel'-wah the West, crossing the great ocean to Oo-tā-yo'-me, the Village of the Dead. In making this long…
Read MoreWhere Koo-tah the Money-clam came from /
The Olamentko of Bodega Bay say:
Coyote-man brought Koo'-tah the big clam, from which pis'-pe the shell money is made, and planted it here at Bodega Bay. [2] This is the place and the only…
Read MoreWhere the Ducks and Geese go to Breed /
The Hookooeko of Tomales Bay say:
The home of Ducks and Geese is far up the coast in the cold country called Kon'-win, the North, which is on the other side of the sky. The way to this…
Read MoreHow O'-ye the Coyote-man discovered his Wife /
A Tale of the Hoo'-koo-e'-ko of Nicasio and San Rafael
The world was made by O'-ye the Coyote-man. The earth was covered with water. The only thing that showed above the water was the very top of Oon'-nah-pi’s…
Read MoreHe'-koo-las the Sun-woman /
A Tale of the Hoo'-koo-e'-ko of Tomales Bay
The world was dark. The only light anywhere was He'-koo-las the Sun-woman. She lived far away in the east…
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Fragment of a Hoo'-koo-e'-ko Version
I have discovered fragments of a similar myth among the nearly extinct Hoo'-koo-e'-ko north of San Francisco Bay. These people state that O'-ye the Coyote…
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