The Religion of the Leuiseño Indians of Southern California

✍ Scribed by Constance Goddard DuBois

• Publisher: Berkeley University Press
• Year: 1908
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 132
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction 73
Initiation Ceremonies
The Toloache Ceremony 77
Wanawut, the Sacred Net 85
The Sand Painting 87
The Ant Ordeal 91
The Chungichnish Ceremony of Unish Matakish 92
WiikuniBh, the Girl's Ceremony _ 93
Sacred Chungichnish Objects 97
Mourning Ceremonies
The Image Ceremony 100
The Notish Ceremony 103
Ceremonial Songs 105
Myths 128
Luiseno Creation, Third Version 128
Luiseno Creation, Fourth Version ; 138
Origin of the Notish Mourning Ceremony 148
A Chungichnish Story - 150
Nahachish 151
The Spirit Wife - 153
The Dance of the Spirits 154
The Spring behind the Cemetery _ 155
The Walking Tamyush - 156
How Coyote killed the Frog 156
The Flood 157
Traditional Knowledge
Ancestral Landmarks and Descent of Songs 158
Clans or Traditional Groups 160
Star Lore and Calendar 162
The Origin of Music 166
Appendix I. B7 G. G. DuBois. Gaines, Arts, and Industries of the
Dieguenos and Luisenos 167
Appendix II. By A. L. Kroeber. Notes on the Luisenos 174

✦ Subjects

Native Americans