Kodoyanpe

Kodoyanpe
   In the Creation Legend of the Maidu Indians of California the survivors from the Deluge were Kodoyanpe and Coyote, who created mankind out of wooden images and then quarrelled, Kodoyanpe being forced to flee to the east.

Who’s Who in non-classical mythology . . 2014.

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  • Maidu Creation Legend —    This California tribe of Indians have several Creation myths. One tells how Talvolte and Peheipe, the survivors from the Deluge, were found floating in a canoe by the Creator who, together with Coyote, is living in an earthly paradise. The… …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

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