Discussion of the creation of the world and creation stories
- Item identifier: LA49.001
- Date: 25 Nov 1970
- Contributors: Lela Rhoades (consultant); Bruce E. Nevin (researcher)
- Language: Achumawi (acv)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Description: English only. Begins with discussion of LA 49.042 (my re-elicitation of a de Angulo creation story ms. with Johnnie Craig). I was checking the re-elicitation with her. She contrasts her story about coming to earth from a first home on the moon. She refers to Kwan as Jesus. Discussion of character of the animals and the mythic people so named, particularly Coyote and Silver-gray Fox.
- Availability: Online access
- Catalog history: Digital asset LA49.001.001.wav was formerly segment number 001_1.
- Collection: The Bruce E. Nevin collection of Achumawi/Pit River sound recordings
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Discussion of the creation of the world and creation stories, LA 49.001, in "The Bruce E. Nevin collection of Achumawi/Pit River sound recordings", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17096.
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