Native American Indian Myths

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by  Earth Bow.

Contents

Cover
Introduction

1... Creation and Longevity, An Achomawi Legend
2... The Destruction of the Bear, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
3... The Beaver and the Old Man, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
4... The Old Beggar, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
5... The Two Blind Old Women, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
6... Coyote Proves Himself a Cannibal, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
7... Turkey Makes the Corn and Coyote Plants It, an Apache Legend
8... The Origin of Corn, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
9... The Origin of Curing Ceremonies, an Apache Legend
10... Death of the Great Elk, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
11... The Emergence, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
12... The First War, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
13... The Fox and the Wildcat, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
14... The Fox and the Deer, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
15... The Fox and the Kingfisher, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
16... The Fox and the Mountain Lion, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
17... The Fox and the Porcupine, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
18... The Fox and the Rabbit, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
19... The Attack on the Giant Elk, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
20... The Culture Heroes and Owl, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
21... The Killing of the Monsters, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
22... Naiyenesgani Rescues the Taos Indians, A Jicarilla Apache Legend
23... Coyote Steals Sun’s Tobacco, an Apache Legend
24... Splinter Foot Girl, An Arapaho Legend
25... The Star Husband, An Arapaho Legend
26... The Trickster Kills the Children, An Arapaho Legend
27... John the Bear, An Assiniboin Legend
28... The Child and the Cannibal, A Bella Coola Legend
29... The Man Who Acted as the Sun, A Bella Coola Legend
30... The Sun Tests His Son-in-law, A Bella Coola Legend
32... The Bear Woman, A Blackfoot Legend
33... Blood-Clot Boy, A Blackfoot Legend
34... The Piqued Buffalo-Wife, A Blackfoot Legend
35... The Trickster’s Race, A Blackfoot Legend
36... How the Worm Pipe Came to the Blackfoot, A Blackfoot Legend
37... Ataga'hi, The Enchanted Lake, A Cherokee Legend
38... The Bear Man, A Cherokee Legend
39... The Mother Bear's Song, A Cherokee Legend
40... The Bird Tribes, A Cherokee Legend
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41... The Bride From The South, A Cherokee Legend
42... The Bullfrog Lover, A Cherokee Legend
43... The Hunter And The Buzzard, A Cherokee Legend
44... The Water Cannibals, A Cherokee Legend
45... The Race Between The Crane & The Hummingbird, A Cherokee Legend
46... How the Deer Got His Horns, A Cherokee Legend
47... Why The Deer's Teeth Are Blunt, A Cherokee Legend
48... The Deluge, A Cherokee Legend
49... The First Fire, A Cherokee Legend
50... Origin Of Fish And Frogs, A Cherokee Legend
51... Flint Visits the Rabbit, A Cherokee Legend
52... The Four-footed Tribes, A Cherokee Legend
53... Untsaiyi', The Gambler, A Cherokee Legend
54... The Origin of Game and of Corn, A Cherokee Legend
55... The Slant-eyed Giant, A Cherokee Legend
56... Origin Of The Groundhog Dance, A Cherokee Legend
57... The Ignorant Housekeeper, A Cherokee Legend
58... The Huhu Gets Married, A Cherokee Legend
59... The Hunter and the Dakwa, A Cherokee Legend
60... The Ice Man, A Cherokee Legend
61... The Return of Ice Man, A Cherokee Legend
62... Kana'sta, The Lost Settlement, A Cherokee Legend
63... The Katydid's Warning, A Cherokee Legend
64... How The Kingfisher Got His Bill, A Cherokee Legend
65... Two Lazy Hunters, A Cherokee Legend
66... The Great Leech Of Tlanusi'yi, A Cherokee Legend
67... Little People of the Cherokee, A Cherokee Legend
68... Marriage of the North and the South, A Cherokee Legend
69... The Origin of Medicine, A Cherokee Legend
70... The Two Mohawks, A Cherokee Legend
71... Why The Mole Lives Underground, A Cherokee Legend
72... The Moon And The Thunders, A Cherokee Legend
74... Nun'yunu'wi, The Stone Man, A Cherokee Legend
75... The Two Old Men, A Cherokee Legend
76... How The Rabbit Stole The Otter's Coat, A Cherokee Legend
77... The Owl Gets Married, A Cherokee Legend
78... The Underground Panthers, A Cherokee Legend
79... How the Partridge Got His Whistle, A Cherokee Legend
80... Origin Of The Pheasant Dance, A Cherokee Legend
81... The Legend Of Pilot Knob, A Cherokee Legend
82... Origin Of The Pleiades And The Pine, A Cherokee Legend
83... What Became Of The Rabbit, A Cherokee Legend
84... The Rabbit Dines The Bear, A Cherokee Legend
85... The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting, A Cherokee Legend
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86... The Rabbit Escapes From The Wolves, A Cherokee Legend
87... The Rattlesnake's Vengeance, A Cherokee Legend
88... The Red Man And The Uktena, A Cherokee Legend
89... The Eagle's Revenge, A Cherokee Legend
90... Agan-uni'tsi's Search For The Uktena, A Cherokee Legend
91... The Hunter And Selu, A Cherokee Legend
92... The Snake Boy, A Cherokee Legend
93... The Snake Man, A Cherokee Legend
94... The Spirit Defenders Of Nikwasi', A Cherokee Legend
95... The Nunne'hi And Other Spirit Folk, A Cherokee Legend
96... Crossing the Red Sea, A Cheyenne Legend
97... The Eye Juggler, A Cheyenne Legend
98... The Sharpened Leg, A Cheyenne Legend
99... The Rolling Head, A Cheyenne Legend
100... Story Of The Bird Clan, A Chickasaw Legend
101... Story Of The Red Fox Clan, A Chickasaw Legend
102... Story of the Raccoon Clan, A Chickasaw Legend
103... Story Of The Wildcat Clan, A Chickasaw Legend
104... The Stretching Tree, A Chilcotin Legend
105... Choctaw Corn Legend, A Choctaw Legend
106... The Tower of Babel, A Choctaw Legend
107... The Release of the Wild Animals, A Comanche Legend
108... The Legend of Manitous Springs, A Comanche Legend
109... The Jealous Father, A Cree Legend
110... Mudjikiwis, A Cree Legend
111... Lodge Boy and Thrown Away, A Crow Legend
112... Sedna, Mistress of the Underworld, An Eskimo Legend
113... Sun Sister and Moon Brother, An Eskimo Legend
114... Origin of Light, A Gallinomero Legend
115... The Spirit Land, A Gallinomero Legend
116... The Deserted Children, A Gros Ventre Legend
117... The False Bride Groom, A Gros Ventre Legend
118... The Cannibal Who Was Burned, A Haida Legend
119... The Alligator That Stole a Man, A Hitchiti Legend
120... Bear, Tiger, Rattlesnake, And Fire, A Hitchiti Legend
121... The Boy and the Wizards, A Hitchiti Legend
122... The Deer Women, A Hitchiti Legend
123... The Hunter and His Dogs, A Hitchiti Legend
124... The Hunter and the Tie-Snake, A Hitchiti Legend
125... Story of the Lizard, A Hitchiti Legend
126... The Man-Eating Bird, A Hitchiti Legend
127... The Monster Lizard, A Hitchiti Legend
128... The Origin of Tobacco, A Hitchiti Legend
129... The Origin of Wolves, A Hitchiti Legend
130... The Orphan and the Owl, A Hitchiti Legend
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131... The Man Who Became a Snake, A Hitchiti Legend
132... A Strange Turkey Catches People, A Hitchiti Legend
133... The Water People, A Hitchiti Legend
134... The Aholi and Other Walpi Katcinas, A Hopi Legend
135... How Ball Head Wedded an Oraibi Maiden, A Hopi Legend
136... The Wanderings of the Bear Clan, A Hopi Legend
137... How the Circle Katcina and His Wife Became Stars, A Hopi Legend
138... Huruing Wuhti and the Sun, A Hopi Legend
139... The Kokoshori Katcina & the Shongopavi Maiden, A Hopi Legend
140... The Origin of Some Mishongnovi Clans, A Hopi Legend
141... The Origin of Some Oraibi Clans, A Hopi Legend
142... The Pookonghoyas and the Cannibal Monster, A Hopi Legend
143... The Snake Myth, A Hopi Legend
144... The Wanderings of the Spider Clan, A Hopi Legend
145... Traditions of Wanderings, A Hopi Legend
146... Coming of the Hopi From the Underworld, A Hopi Legend
147... The Wanderings of the Hopi, A Hopi Legend
148... The Two War Gods and the Two Maidens, A Hopi Legend
149... Dug-From Ground, A Hupa Legend
150... The Huron-Iroquois Nations, An Iroquois Legend
151... The Fable of the Animals, A Karok Legend
152... The Theft of Fire, A Karok Legend
153... The Creation, A Kato Legend
154... The Jealous Uncle, A Kodiak Legend
155... The Badger and the Bear, A Lakota Legend
156... Iktomi's Blanket, A Lakota Legend
157... Iktomi and the Coyote, A Lakota Legend
158... Dance in a Buffalo Skull, A Lakota Legend
159... Iktomi and the Ducks, A Lakota Legend
160... Iktomi and the Fawn, A Lakota Legend
161... Iktomi, A Lakota Legend
162... Iya, the Camp Eater, A Lakota Legend
163... Manstin, the Rabbit, A Lakota Legend
164... Iktomi and the Muskrat, A Lakota Legend
165... The Shooting of Red Eagle, A Lakota Legend
166... The Toad and the Boy, A Lakota Legend
167... The Tree-bound, A Lakota Legend
168... Iktomi and the Turtle, A Lakota Legend
169... The Warlike Seven, A Lakota Legend
170... Bear-Woman and Deer-Woman, A Lassik Legend
171... The Man in the Moon, A Lillooet Legend
172... The Creation, A Maidu Legend
173... Creation Myth, A Maidu Legend
174... The Empounded Water, A Malecite Legend
175... The Enchanted Horse, A Malecite Legend
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176... Manabozho's Birth, A Menomini Legend
177... The Deceived Blind Men, A Menomini Legend
178... The Trickster's Great Fall and His Revenge, A Menomini Legend
179... Manabozho Plays Lacrosse, A Menomini Legend
180... The Sun Snarer, A Menomini Legend
181... Trickster Tales, A Menomini Legend
182... Manabozho's Wolf Brother, A Menomini Legend
183... The Bird Whose Wings Made the Wind, A Micmac Legend
184... Glooscap, A Micmac Legend
185... Ableegumooch, the Lazy Rabbit, A Micmac Legend
186... Bear and the Fawns, A Miwok Legend
187... Creation of Man, A Miwok Legend
188... Legend of Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan), A Miwok Legend
189... Legend of Tis-Se'-Yak (South Dome & North Dome), A Miwok Legend
190... Historic Tradition of the Upper Tuolumne, A Miwok Legend
191... Yosemite Valley, A Miwok Legend
192... The Boy Who Became A God, A Navajo Legend
193... Creation of First Man and First Woman, A Navajo Legend
194... The First Man And Woman, A Nishinam Legend
195... The Seven Headed Dragon, An Ojibwa Legend
196... The Son In Law Tests, An Ojibwa Legend
197... The Wish to Marry a Star, An Ojibwa Legend
198... Trickster Tales, An Ojibwa Legend
199... Dirty Boy, A Okanagon Legend
200... Onondaga Creation Myth, A Onondaga Legend
201... Origin of the Pleiades, A Onondaga Legend
202... The Fatal Swing, A Osage Legend
203... Song of the Ghost Dance, A Paiute Legend
204... The Deer Star, A Paiute Legend
205... Paiute Medicine Song, A Paiute Legend
206... Coyote and Sun, A Paiute Legend
207... Origin of Clear Lake, A Patwin Legend
208... The Great Fire, A Patwin Legend
209... The Medicine Grizzly Bear, A Pawnee Legend
210... The Girl Who Was the Ring, A Pawnee Legend
211... The Offended Rolling Stone, A Pawnee Legend
212... The Boy and the Beast, A Pima Legend
213... How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite, A Pima Legend
214... How the Bluebird Got its Color, A Pima Legend
215... Origin of the Saguaro and Palo Verde Cacti, A Pima Legend
216... The Children of Cloud, A Pima Legend
217... The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood, A Pima Legend
218... Coyote's Eyes, A Pima Legend
219... Why the Apaches are Fierce, A Pima Legend
220... Coyote and the Mesquite Beans, A Pima Legend
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221... Coyote and the Quails, A Pima Legend
222... The Thirsty Quails, A Pima Legend
223... Speech on the Warpath, A Pima Legend
224... Coyote and the Tortillas, A Pima Legend
225... The Creation of the World, A Pima Legend
226... Blue Jay and his Companions, A Quinault Legend
227... The Dog Husband, A Quinault Legend
228... The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, A Seneca Legend
229... Seek Your Father, A Seneca Legend
230... Turtle’s Race With Bear, A Seneca Legend
231... Old Man Above Creates the World, A Shasta Legend
232... Old Man Above and the Grizzlies, A Shasta Legend
233... Shoshone Love Song, A Shoshone Legend
234... The White Trail in the Sky, A Shoshone Legend
235... The Cloud People, A Sia Legend
236... The Earth-Hardening After the Flood, A Sia Legend
237... Coyote and the Fawns, A Sia Legend
238... The Theft of Fire, A Sia Legend
239... The Great Flood, A Sia Legend
240... Coyote and the Hare, A Sia Legend
241... Coyote as a Hunter, A Sia Legend
242... Rain Song, A Sia Legend
243... Coyote and the Rattlesnake, A Sia Legend
244... Spider’s Creation, A Sia Legend
245... The Course of the Sun, A Sia Legend
246... Unktomi and the Arrowheads, A Sioux Legend
247... The Artichoke and the Muskrat, A Sioux Legend
248... A Bashful Courtship, A Sioux Legend
249... The Bound Children, A Sioux Legend
250... A Little Brave and the Medicine Woman, A Sioux Legend
251... The Gift of Corn, A Sioux Legend
252... The Pet Donkey, A Sioux Legend
253... The Faithful Lovers, A Sioux Legend
254... The Rabbit and the Bear With the Flint Body, A Sioux Legend
255... The Forgotten Ear of Corn, A Sioux Legend
256... The Bear and the Rabbit Hunt Buffalo, A Sioux Legend
257... The Story of the Peace Pipe, A Sioux Legend
258... The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls, A Sioux Legend
259... The Raccoon and the Crawfish, A Sioux Legend
260... The Legend of the Standing Rock, A Sioux Legend
261... The Signs of Corn, A Sioux Legend
262... The Simpleton’s Wisdom, A Sioux Legend
263... How the Rabbit Lost His Tail, A Sioux Legend
264... The Boy and the Turtles, A Sioux Legend
265... The Story of the Lost Wife, A Sioux Legend
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266... Adam and Eve, A Thompson Legend
267... Noah’s Flood, A Thompson Legend
268... The Bag of Winds, A Thompson Legend
269... The Arrow Chain, A Tlingit Legend
270... The Flood and the Theft of Fire, A Tolowa Legend
271... The Princess Who Rejected Her Cousin, A Tsimshian Legend
272... Raven Becomes Voracious, A Tsimshian Legend
273... The Theft of Ligh t , A Tsimshian Legend
274... Pokoh, the Old Man, A Ute Legend
275... Coyote and the Sun, A Ute Legend
276... California Big Trees, A Ute Legend
277... The Migration of the Water People, A Walpi Legend
278... The Skin Shifting Old Woman, A Wichita Legend
279... The Lizard-Hand, A Yokut Legend
280... Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range, A Yokut Legend
281... The Foxes and the Sun, A Yurok Legend
282... The Coyote and the Beetle, A Zuni Legend
283... How the Summer Birds Came, A Zuni Legend
284... The Corn Maidens, A Zuni Legend
285... The Youth and His Eagle, A Zuni Legend
286... The Men of Early Times, A Zuni Legend
287... The Foster Child of the Deer, A Zuni Legend
288... The Coyote and the Locust, A Zuni Legend
289... The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks, A Zuni Legend
290... The Search for the Middle, A Zuni Legend
291... The Beginning of Newness, A Zuni Legend
292... The Origin of the Society of Rattlesnakes, A Zuni Legend
293... Origin of the Raven and the Macaw, A Zuni Legend
294... The Search for the Corn Maidens, A Zuni Legend
295... The Serpent of the Sea, A Zuni Legend
296... The Origins of the Totems and of Names, A Zuni Legend
297... The Poor Turkey Girl, A Zuni Legend
298... The Warrior Suitor of Moki, A Zuni Legend

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Introduction

The mythology of North America is a cultural treasure house, but many of these myths
and legends are hidden away in various old and rare books. It would be difficult for the
average person to track down and collect this material because the rarity of some of
these books makes them hard to find and expensive.

So this vast body of wisdom lies out of reach of most people… until now.

We hope you enjoy this work as much as we enjoyed the 9 years of research and
collecting that went into its creation.

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Creation and Longevity
An Achomawi Legend

Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest, by Katharine Berry Judson, 1912

Coyote began the creation of the earth, but Eagle completed it. Coyote scratched it up
with his paws out of nothingness, but Eagle complained there were no mountains for him
to perch on.

So Coyote made hills, but they were not high enough. Therefore Eagle scratched up
great ridges. When Eagle flew over them, his feathers dropped down, took root, and
became trees. The pin feathers became bushes and plants.

Coyote and Fox together created man. They quarreled as to whether they should let
men live always or not.

Coyote said, "If they want to die, let them die."

Fox said, "If they want to come back, let them come back."

But Coyote's medicine was stronger, and nobody ever came back. Coyote also brought
fire into the world, for the Indians were freezing. He journeyed far to the west, to a place
where there was fire, stole some of it, and brought it home in his ears.

He kindled a fire in the mountains, and the Indians saw the smoke of it, and went up and
got fire.
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