Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 08 : on the Pacific Slope

A collection of Pacific Coast and slope myths and legends presenting origin tales, spirit-lore, and moral narratives drawn from local Indigenous traditions. It records guardian spirits of mountains and forests, supernatural voyages and encounters on inland waters, clashes among tamanous that explain volcanic and geological phenomena, and stories that account for cascades, valleys, and other landscape features. Several accounts explore responses to strangers and ethical teachings about love, mercy, and death, while others recount hauntings, trickster incidents, and ritual practices such as the devil-dance. Arranged as discrete tales with occasional notes, the book preserves oral imagery, regional place-names, and adaptations of older and newer motifs.