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This is our collection of links to Quechan folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American myths section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other. In particular, though these legends come from the Quechan tribe, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Mohave and Maricopa are very similar.
Kokomaht
(also spelled Kwikumat and other ways):
The great Creator god of Yuma legends. He was poisoned by a vengeful frog Hanyi
(by some accounts his daughter) and died, leaving
the job of the creation to be finished by his son Komashtam'ho.
Sometimes he is also known as Tuchaipa, which is his Diegueno name.
Bakotahl:
Kokomaht's evil twin brother, responsible for the creation of diseases and other ills.
Sometimes he is also known by his Diegueno name Yokomat.
Komashtam'ho:
Quechan culture hero, son of the creator Kokomaht. He finished the world his father had
begun and taught the people the arts of civilization.
The Good Twin and the Evil Twin 
Yuma Creation Yuma Creation Myth: Mythology of the Yuma: Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs: And It Is Still That Way:
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