Katharine Berry Judson

Katharine Berry Judson
Katharine Berry Judson (1871–1956) was an American librarian, historian, and author known for her works on Native American myths and legends. She wrote several collections of indigenous folklore, including "Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest" and "Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest," which helped preserve and share Native stories with broader audiences. As a librarian, she also worked at the University of Washington, contributing to the development of its library system. Judson's works are recognized for their role in documenting indigenous oral traditions during a period of significant cultural change.

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PREFACE From the edge of the Darkening Land, where stand the mountains which encircle the earth-plain, eastward toward the Sunland, lie the great plains of America. Smooth and flat and green they stretch away, hundreds of miles, rising from a dead level into a soft rolling of the land, then into the long green waves of the prairies where rivers flow, where the water ripples as it flows, and trees shade... more...

Preface In the beginning of the New-making, the ancient fathers lived successively in four caves in the Four fold-containing-earth. The first was of sooty blackness, black as a chimney at night time; the second, dark as the night in the stormy season; the third, like a valley in starlight; the fourth, with a light like the dawning. Then they came up in the night-shine into the World of Knowing and... more...