Miwok mythology

The mythology of the Miwok Native Americans are myths of their world order, their creation stories and 'how things came to be' created.

The Miwok mythology is similar to other Native American myths of Northern California.

[2] Several creation fragments exist detailing Coyote's place in the family of the "first spirits" on earth.

[3] From the Sacramento river area the Miwok gave the following names of the first spirits: According to one Coast Miwok version "Coyote shook his walik" (something similar to a blanket of tule) to the four directions south, east, north and west.

[5] In one creation myth called The Diver, Coyote creates the land from the ocean or "endless water".

Silver Fox (a vixen) feels lonely and mentions this in a prayer song, and then meets Coyote.

[8] From the Sierra Miwoks, another creation myth is more comparable to Pomo mythology: Coyote and Lizard create the world "and everything in it".

[9] According to the Coast Miwok, the dead jumped into the ocean at Point Reyes and followed something like a string leading West beyond the breaker waves, that took them to the setting sun.

"[5] Many of the ideas, plots and characters in Miwok mythology are shared with neighboring people of Northern California.