Wiyot traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the

Wiyot The Wiyot ( Wiyot: Wíyot, Chetco-Tolowa: Wee-’at xee-she or Wee-yan’ Xee-she’, Euchre Creek Tututni: Wii-yat-dv-ne - "Mad River People“, Yurok: Weyet) are an indigenous people of California living near Humboldt Bay, California and a s ...

people of the Humboldt Bay area of northwestern California. Wiyot oral literature shares elements with the distinctive Yurok-Karuk-Hupa area of northwestern California, as well as with the more widely distributed patterns of central California. (''See also''

Traditional narratives (Native California) The traditional narratives of Native California are the folklore and mythology of the native people of California. For many historic nations of California, there is only a fragmentary record of their traditions. Spanish missions in California f ...

On-Line Examples of Wiyot Narratives

''The North American Indian''
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Edward S. Curtis Edward Sherriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis travele ...

(1924)

Sources for Wiyot Narratives

* Curtis, Edward S. 1907-1930. ''The North American Indian''. 20 vols. Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. (11 myths collected from Jerry James, vol. 13, pp. 190-198.) * Gifford, Edward Winslow, and Gwendoline Harris Block. 1930. ''California Indian Nights''. Arthur H. Clark, Glendale, California. (Three previously published narratives, pp. 83-84, 283-284, 296-297.) * Kroeber, A. L. 1905. "Wishosk Myths". ''Journal of American Folklore'' 18:85-107. (Including comparative notes.) * Kroeber, A. L. 1911. "The Languages of the Coast of California North of San Francisco". ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 9:273-435. Berkeley. (Includes Wiyot myths, pp. 404-406.) * Kroeber, A. L. 1925. ''Handbook of the Indians of California''. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C. (Creation myth and comparisons, pp. 119-120.) * Margolin, Malcolm. 1993. ''The Way We Lived: California Indian Stories, Songs, and Reminiscences''. First edition 1981. Heyday Books, Berkeley, California. (Pleides myth, pp. 88, from Curtis 1907-1930.) * Reichard, Gladys A. 1925. "Wiyot Grammar and Texts". ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 22:1-215. Berkeley. (Recorded in 1922-1923.) * Teeter, Karl V. 1964. ''The Wiyot Language''. University of California Publications in Linguistics No. 37. Berkeley. (Narratives collected in 1956-1959.) {{Traditional Narratives (California groups) Traditional narratives (Native California) Wiyot