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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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