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The Paiutes had several creation stories that told about the beginning of the earth, the formation of Paiutes and mankind in general, the origin of death, and resurrection after defeat and death. The hero Wolf (known as Tap or U’nűpi in Owens Valley, or “Isha” for the Pyramid Lake peoples) was lonely, so he made Coyote (“Itsa” for Pyramid Lake Paiutes) and they paddled around the entire flooded world. Since they had no earth to run back and forth on, Wolf took some dirt and placed it in the water, where it continued to spread and grow larger until the earth became as it is today.20
The origin of Paiutes and mankind occurred after Korawini, the beautiful woman who lived in Long Valley north of Owens Valley, killed all the men in the world who loved her but Coyote. She had killed them by biting them with her vagina teeth (vagina dentata) during intercourse. Coyote fooled her by changing his penis into a brush that was used to rip her vagina teeth out, and Korawini became pregnant. Eventually, she gave birth to all mankind’s children, including the Paiute offspring of Coyote.21 In one rendition the first children consisted of sons and a daughter. The boys as they grew up continued to fight each other so they were sent away. After the dissidents were sent off, Coyote married his daughter who then gave birth to humanity. In a later version the exiled children became the Pit Indians of Northern California, the Bannocks in Idaho, and the Owens Valley Paiutes.22