TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Italics have been transcribed using _underscores_, small capitals as ALL CAPITALS. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling have not been corrected. Punctuation has been silently corrected. A list of other corrections can be found at the end of the document. OUTLINES OF ZUÑI CREATION MYTHS BY FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING CONTENTS Page Introductory 325 The survival of early Zuñi traits 325 Outline of Spanish-Zuñi history 326 Outline of pristine Zuñi history 341 Outline of Zuñi mytho-sociologic organization 367 General explanations relative to the text 373 Myths 379 The genesis of the worlds, or the beginning of newness 379 The genesis of men and the creatures 379 The gestation of men and the creatures 381 The forthcoming from earth of the foremost of men 381 The birth from the sea of the Twain deliverers of men 381 The birth and delivery of men and the creatures 382 The condition of men when first into the world of daylight born 383 The origin of priests and of knowledge 384 The origin of the Raven and the Macaw, totems of winter and summer 384 The origin and naming of totem-clans and creature kinds, and the division and naming of spaces and things 386 The origin of the councils of secrecy or sacred brotherhoods 387 The unripeness and instability of the world when still young 388 The hardening of the world, and the first settlement of men 388 The beginning of the search for the Middle of the world, and the second tarrying of men 390 The learning of war, and the third tarrying 390 The meeting of the People of Dew, and the fourth tarrying 390 The generation of the seed of seeds, or the origin of corn 391 The renewal of the search for the Middle 398 The choosing of seekers for signs of the Middle 398 The change-making sin of the brother and sister 399 The birth of the Old-ones or ancients of the Kâ´kâ 401 The renewal of the great journey, and the sundering of the tribes of men 403 The origin of death by dying, and the abode of souls and the Kâ´kâ 404