Native American Legends
Amamet
A Wintu Legend
Long ago, among the real Indians, there was some kind of being
nobody knew what it was. They called it Anamet. It came from the
mountains and made believe that it was a person. It carried women
away on its back. It also took children who were playing outside
and carried them away. Anamet would say "K-ete p'iw!"
[one jump] as it jumped away with them.
What could it have been? The Indians called it Anamet. It stole
children and they would say, "Don't let children play late
in the evening." They brought all the children inside at dusk.
They also took their children along wherever they went, saying
"Don't leave them home along," for fear of Anamet.
Once some people left home for only a short time and whey they
returned their children were gone. Anamet had already taken them.
They did not know what it was. It was a terrible thing; not a person.
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