Yana Indian Creation Legend
- Yana Indian Creation Legend
This Indian tribe of the west coast of North America have a myth which tells how a man in need of fire saw a mountain emitting sparks. With four companions he went to steal some fire from the mountain but on the return journey
Coyote, who was carrying the fire, dropped it and everything in the world was burned up.
Who’s Who in non-classical mythology .
John Keegan.
2014.
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