[Gutenberg 22083] • Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

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.

It contains:

Bianki's Vision / Preface

The Creation - Osage

How the World was Made - Cherokee

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

The First Fire - Cherokee

The Ancestors of People - Osage

Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee

Sacred Legend - Omaha

The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha

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

The Sacred Pole - Omaha

Ikto and the Thunders - Teton

The Thunder Bird - Commanche

The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin

Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha

Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux

Origin of the Buffalo - Teton

The Buffalo Being - Teton

The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha

The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha

My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha

Bird Omens - Sioux

The Bird Chief - Omaha

Song of the Birds - Pawnee

Song of Kawas, the Eagle - Pawnee

The Eagle’s Revenge - Cherokee

The Race between Humming Bird and Crane - Cherokee

Rabbit and the Turkeys - Omaha

Unktomi and the Bad Songs - Dakota

How the Pheasant Beat Corn - Cherokee

Why Turkey Gobbles - Cherokee

Omaha Beliefs - Omaha

Pawnee Beliefs - Pawnee

A Song of Hospitality - Sioux

A Song of the March - Sioux

Song of the Prairie Breeze - Kiowa

Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies - Mandan

Legend of the Corn - Arikara

Tradition of the Finding of Horses - Ponca

Dakota Beliefs and Customs - Dakota

Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds - Teton

The Ghost’s Resentment - Dakota

The Forked Roads - Omaha

Tattooed Ghosts - Dakota

A Ghost Story - Ponca

The Ghost and the Traveler - Teton

The Man who Shot a Ghost - Teton

The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost - Teton

The Wakanda, or Water God - Yankton

The Spirit Land - Arapahoe

Waziya, the Weather Spirit - Teton

Kansas Blizzards - Kansa

Ikto and the Snowstorm - Teton

The Southern Bride - Cherokee

The Fallen Star - Dakota

Quarrel of Sun and Moon - Omaha

Why the Possum s Dead - Cherokee

Bog Myth - Dakota

Coyote and Snake - Omaha

Why the Wolves Help in War - Dakota

How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves - Cherokee

How Rabbit Lost His Fat - Omaha

How Flint Visited Rabbit - Cherokee

How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap - Omaha

How Rabbit Killed the Giant - Omaha

How Deer Got His Horns - Cherokee

Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth - Cherokee

Legend of the Head of Gold - Dakota

The Milky Way - Cherokee

Coyote and Gray Fox - Ponca

Ictinike and Turtle - Omaha

Ictinike and the Creators - Omaha

How Big Turtle Went on the War Path - Omaha

(Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)