Native American Legends (I - L)

Inca Legends

• Death Of PachacutiInca Yupanqui
• Entry Of The Incas Into The Valley Of Cuzco
• Fable Of The Second Age
• How The Incas Beganto Terrorize Over The Lands
• The Ancient Freedoms
• The Fable Of The Origin Of The Incas Of Cuzco
• The Festival Of The Sun
• The First Settlers in The Valley Of Cuzco
• The Road To Cuzco
• The Shepherd And The Daughter Of The Sun
• The Ynca Pachacutec
• Viracocha And The Coming Of The Incas

Inuit Legends

See Eskimo

Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Legends

• Ahneah The Rose Flower
• Ancient Clan System
• Battle With The Snakes
• Birch Bark Legends Of Niagara
• Chipmunk And Bear
• Creation By Women
• Four Iroquois Hunters
• Hannah The Rose Flower
• Hiawatha The Unifier
• Hodadenon: The Last One Left And The Chestnut Tree
• How Bear Lost His Tail
• How Buzzard Got His Feathers
• How Chipmunks Got Their Stripes
• How Rabbit And Owl Were Created
• How The Four Winds Were Named
• Jowiis And The Eagles
• Raccoon And The Crayfish
• Sayadio In The Land Of The Dead
• Skunny-Wundy And The Stone Giant
• The Boy Who Lived With Bears
• The Creation Story
• The Gifts Of The Little People
• The Girl Who Was Not Satisfied With Simple Things
• The Hungry Fox And The Boastful Suitor
• The Hunting Of The Great Bear
• The Huron-Iroquois Nations
• The Origin Of The Iroquois Nations
• The Peacemaker And The Tree Of Peace
• The Story of Okteondon or 'The Workers of Evil'
• The Two Daughters
• The Peace Queen
• Legend Of The Violet
• The Dogs Who Saved Their Master
• The Origin Of The Iroquois Nations
• The Wampum Bird
• The Wife Of The Thunderer
• Turtle Makes War On Men
• Turtle's Race With Bear
• Why The Owl Has Big Eyes

Kanglanek Legends

• Blessed Gift Of Joy Is Bestowed Upon Man

Karok (Karuk) Legends

• Fire Race
• How Coyote Brought Fire To The People
• How Coyote Got His Cunning
• The Fable Of The Animals
• The Theft Of Fire

Kato Legends

• God Had A Dog
• The Creation

Kiowa Legends

• A Red Man's View Of Evolution
• Bears Lodge
• Coming Home
• Legend Of Wolf Boy
• Sendeh Cheats The Soldier
• The Buffalo Go
• The Passing Of The Buffalo
• White Crow Hides The Animals

Kodiak Legends

• The Jealous Uncle

Kwakiutl Legends

• The First Totem Pole

Lakota Sioux Legends

• A Bashful Courtship
• A Little Brave And The Medicine Woman
• Black Corn
• Brave Woman Counts Coup
• Chief Roman Nose Loses His Medicine
• Dance In A Buffalo Skull
• Dreamcatcher
• How People Learned To Fish
• How The Lakota Sioux Came To Be Brule
• Iktomi
• Iktomi And The Coyote
• Iktomi And The Ducks
• Iktomi And The Fawn
• Iktomi And The Muskrat
• Iktomi And The Turtle
• Iktomi's Blanket
• Iya, The Camp Eater
• Lakota Creation Myth
• Manstin, The Rabbit
• Origin Of The Lakota Peace Pipe
• Pretty Feathered Forehead
• The Artichoke And The Muskrat
• The Badger And The Bear
• The Origin Of The Prairie Rose
• The Resuscitation Of The Only Daughter
• The Shooting Of Red Eagle
• The Toad And The Boy
• The Tree-Bound
• The Warlike Seven
• The Wonderful Turtle
• Why The Leaves Fall

Lassik Legends

• Bear-Woman And Deer-Woman

Lillooet Legends

• The Man In The Moon

Luiseño Legends

• Before This Land
• Dance Of The Dead

Lumbee Legends

• Symbolism Of The Eagle Feather

Lushootseed Legends

• Mink And His Brother

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Other Native American Legends

• Native American Legends: Abenaki - Blackfoot
• Native American Legends: Caddo - Crow
• Native American Legends: Eskimo - Hupa
• Native American Legends: Inca - Lumbee
• Native American Legends: Maidu - Ottawa
• Native American Legends: Paiute - Squamish
• Native American Legends: Tewa - Ute
• Native American Legends: Wabanaki - Zuni