Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

by Katharine Berry Judson

Culture & Heritage Fiction Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Nature & Animal Fiction

72 chapters3h 9mEnglish1913

About this book

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from - (Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)

Chapters (72)

1The Creation - Osage

184

2How the World was Made - Cherokee

282

3The Flood and the Rainbow - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)

104

4The First Fire - Cherokee

205

5The Ancestors of People - Osage

6Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee

7Sacred Legend - Omaha

267

8The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha

171

9A Tradition of the Calumet - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)

102

10The Sacred Pole - Omaha

188

11Ikto and the Thunders - Teton

12The Thunder Bird - Commanche

13The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin

14Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha

15Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux

16Origin of the Buffalo - Teton

122

17The Buffalo Being - Teton

18The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha

642

19The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha

184

20My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha

178

21Bird Omens - Sioux

22The Bird Chief - Omaha

23Song of the Birds - Pawnee

24Song of Kawas, the Eagle - Pawnee

25The Eagle’s Revenge - Cherokee

26The Race between Humming Bird and Crane - Cherokee

27Rabbit and the Turkeys - Omaha

28Unktomi and the Bad Songs - Dakota

246

29How the Pheasant Beat Corn - Cherokee

30Why Turkey Gobbles - Cherokee

31Omaha Beliefs - Omaha

32Pawnee Beliefs - Pawnee

186

33A Song of Hospitality - Sioux

34A Song of the March - Sioux

129

35Song of the Prairie Breeze - Kiowa

36Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies - Mandan

166

37Legend of the Corn - Arikara

243

38Tradition of the Finding of Horses - Ponca

191

39Dakota Beliefs and Customs - Dakota

151

40Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds - Teton

41The Ghost’s Resentment - Dakota

289

42The Forked Roads - Omaha

43Tattooed Ghosts - Dakota

44A Ghost Story - Ponca

45The Ghost and the Traveler - Teton

46The Man who Shot a Ghost - Teton

117

47The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost - Teton

226

48The Wakanda, or Water God - Yankton

166

49The Spirit Land - Arapahoe

50Waziya, the Weather Spirit - Teton

51Kansas Blizzards - Kansa

52Ikto and the Snowstorm - Teton

53The Southern Bride - Cherokee

54The Fallen Star - Dakota

637

55Quarrel of Sun and Moon - Omaha

56Why the Possum Plays Dead - Cherokee

57Bog Myth - Dakota

58Coyote and Snake - Omaha

100

59Why the Wolves Help in War - Dakota

60How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves - Cherokee

61How Rabbit Lost His Fat - Omaha

62How Flint Visited Rabbit - Cherokee

142

63How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap - Omaha

131

64How Rabbit Killed the Giant - Omaha

222

65How Deer Got His Horns - Cherokee

107

66Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth - Cherokee

106

67Legend of the Head of Gold - Dakota

227

68The Milky Way - Cherokee

69Coyote and Gray Fox - Ponca

70Ictinike and Turtle - Omaha

161

71Ictinike and the Creators - Omaha

375

72How Big Turtle Went on the War Path - Omaha

1348

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