",,, there were also supernatural features present... the whole land, sea, and sky was called kiwesona, 'that which exists.' Solid land, the earth, was entirely surrounded by the ocean on which it floated. The sky was formed by a great net, knotted by a mythic person... then tossed it into the air, where it became a dome arching over all. Above the ocean was the 'sky country,' which was also solid land and whose outer edge formed the ultimate boundary of the universe. It was perforated at one point by a 'sky hole,' which was used by migrating waterfowl (especially geese) as they flew to and from the Northwest on their annual migrations.

The edge of the sky rose and fell into the ocean at regular intervals, causing the breakers that pounded the shore. Mythic characters could reach the sky country by traveling in a boat across the ocean to where the sky edge met the water, and by carefully counting off, the could slip under the edge of the sky while it was rising. Part of the sky country were apportioned to important mythic characters such as the culture hero Woxpekemeu, the salmon, the Dentalium, and an [another] important mythic person Kapuloiyo... containing the essential parts of the palpable world and the supernatural one, which was peopled by spirits."

The Natural World of the Calif. Indians, Robert F Heizer