Native American Legends (M - O)

Maidu Legends

• Rock House: Why The Sun Follows The Moon
• The Creation
• The Theft Of Fire
• Tolowim Woman And Butterfly Man

Makah Legends

• When The Animals And Birds Were Created

Malecite Legends

• The Empounded Water
• The Enchanted Horse

Mandan Legends

• First Creator And Lone Man - Version 1
• First Creator And Lone Man - Version 2
• The Bird That Turned The Meat Bitter
• The Buffalo Dance

Mashkussuts Legends

• Bear Cubs

Mayan Legends

• Gift To The Hummingbird
• How The King Of Birds Was Chosen
• How The Mockingbird Became The Best Singer
• The Coyote And The Hen
• The Jaguar And The Little Skunk

Menomini Legends

• He Wants To Fly
• Manabozho Plays Lacrosse
• Manabozho's Birth
• Manabozho's Wolf Brother
• Mashenomak, The Fish Monster
• The Deceived Blind Men
• The Porcupine Quills
• The Reed Dancers
• The Shut-Eye Dance
• The Sun Snarer
• The Trickster's Great Fall And His Revenge
• Trickster Tales

Micmac (Míkmaq, Mikmak, Mi'gmak, Mikmaq) Legends

• A Micmac Legend
• Aplíkmuj, The Lazy Rabbit - See Algonquin
• Fish-Hawk And Scapegrace
• Glooscap
• How A Certain Wicked Witch Sought To Cajole The Great And Good Glooskap, And Of Her Punishment
• How Glooskap Became Friendly To The Loons, And Made Them His Messengers
• How Glooskap Had A Great Frolic With Kitpooseagunow, A Mighty Giant Who Caught A Whale
• How Glooskap, Leaving The World, All The Animals Mourned For Him, And How, Ere He departed, He Gave Gifts To Men
• How Glooskap Made A Magician Of A Young Man, Who Aided Another To Win A Wife And Do Wonderful Deeds
• How Glooskap made his Uncle Mikchich the Turtle into a Great Man, and got him a Wife. Of Turtles' Eggs, and how Glooskap vanquished a Sorcerer by smoking Tobacco.
• How Glooskap Sailed Through The Great Cavern Of Darkness
• How Kluskap Created Sugarloaf Mountain - See Abenaki
• How Kluskap Found the Summer - See Algonquin
• How Kluskap Made The Birds
• How Kluskap Sang Through The Rapids And Found A New Home
• How Master Rabbit Gave Himself Airs
• How Master Rabbit Went Fishing
• How Master Lox Played A Trick On Mrs Bear, Who Lost Her Eyesight And Had Her Eyes Opened
• How Rabbit Got His Long Ears
• How The Rabbit Lost His Tail - See Ojibwa
• How Win-pe the Sorcerer, having stolen Glooskap's Family, was by him pursued, and how Glooskap for a Merry Jest cheated the Whale. Of the Song of the Clams, and how the Whale smoked a Pipe
• Kluskap Fights The Water Monster - See Passamaquoddy
• Kluskap Turns Bad Into Good - See Abenaki
• Legend Of The Turtle
• Little Burnt-Face
• Micmac Creation Story (version 1)
• Micmac Creation Story (version 2)
• Míkmaq Legend Of The Shooting Star
• Míkmaq Legend Of The Turtle
• Míkmaq Legend Of The Wild Goose
• Míkmaq Women Who Married Star Husbands
• Muin, The Bear's Child
• Nukumi And Fire
• Of Glooskap And The Three Other Seekers
• Of Other Men Who Went To Glooskap For Gifts
• Of The Great Works Which Glooskap Made In The Land
• Of The Surprising And Singular Adventures Of Two Water Fairies Who Were Also Weasels, And How They Each Became The Bride Of A Star. Including The Mysterious And Wonderful Works Of Lox, The Great Indian Devil, Who Rose From The Dead
• Rabbit And Otter, The Bungling Host
• Rabbit And The Moon Man
• Raccoon Learns A Lesson
• Robbery And Murder Revenged
• Snowshoe Island Legend
• Story Of The Three Strong Men
• The Adventures Of The Great Hero Pulowech, Or The Partridge
• The Bird Whose Wings Made The Wind
• The Changing Of Mikjikj
• The Chocolate Waters Of The Petitcodiac River aka The Legend Of The Tidal Bore
• The Creator Visits
• The First Pine Trees
• The Girl-Chenoo
• The Invisible One
• The Legend Of Kluskap's Departure
• The Legend Of The Big Bear
• The Legend Of The Islands
• The Little People
• The Mikumwess
• The Reversing Falls Legend
• The Hidden One
• The Tale Of Glooskap As Told By Another Indian. Showing How The Toad And Porcupine Lost Their Noses
• The Tide
• The Water Fairies
• The Wind-Blower
• The Woodpecker Girls
• Tumilkoontaoo, Or The Broken Wing

Miwok Legends

• Bear And The Fawns
• Bridal Veil Falls
• Creation Of Man
• Historic Tradition Of The Upper Tuolumne
• How El Capitan Grew
• How Tol-le-loo Stole Fire
• Legend Of Tis-Se'-Yak (South Dome & North Dome)
• Legend Of Tu-Tok-A-Nu'-La (El Capitan)
• Lizard And Fox
• The Bear And Deer Children
• The Beginning Of The World
• The Beginning Of Thunder
• The Origin Of Death
• The Origin Of Yosemite
• The Theft Of Fire
• Yellokin The Man-Eating Giant
• Yosemite Valley

Mohawk (Kanien'kehake) Legends

• Kanienkeh - How The Eagle First Came To The People
• How Fire Came To The Six Nations
• The Prophecy Of The Two Serpents

Nahua Legends

• A Plain Song Of The Mexicans
• A Song Of Huexotzinco

Navajo Legends

• At The Rainbow's End
• Changing Woman
• Coyote Kills A Giant
• Coyote Helps Create Man
• Creation Of First Man And First Woman
• Glacier Song Of The Horses
• Little Dawn Boy And The Rainbow Trail
• Monster Slayer And Yé'iitsoh
• Spider Rock
• The Boy Who Became A God
• The First World
• The Navajo And The Astronaut
• The Second World
• The Third World
• The Fourth World
• The Fifth World
• The Sun, Moon And Stars
• Tsohanoai

Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Legends

• Bat And Coyote
• Bear And Raccoon Boy
• Bear Leads A Boy Astray
• Bears And Coyote
• Chipmunk And Snake
• Coyote And Porcupine
• Coyote And The Mallard Ducks
• Coyote And The Monster Of Kamiah
• Coyote Creates Human Beings
• Cry-Because-He-Had-No-Wife
• How The Beaver Stole Fire From The Pines
• The First Moccasins
• The Man Who Married A Bear
• When Sweat Lodge Was Human (aka Origin Of The Sweat Lodge)
• Yellow Jacket And Ant

Nishinam Legends

• The First Man And Woman

Ojibwa Legends

• A Coyote Story
• A Gust Of Wind
• Andek
• Chi Ca Go
• Cloud Catcher And The Moon Woman
• How The Bat Came To Be
• How The Beaver Got His Tail
• How The Rabbit Lost His Tail
• In The Beginning
• Jingle Dress Origin
• Lady's Slippers
• Legend Of The Mountain Ash Berries
• Legend Of The Northern Lights
• Okishkimonisse Saves The Summer Birds
• Papase
• Princess Of The Mist
• Rabbit And Fox
• Run, Rabbit, Run
• Showandasee
• The Dogs Fight
• The Legend Of Rainbow Path
• The Legend Of The Great White Pine
• The Legend Of The Snowbirds
• The Legend Of Trillium
• The Little Chapel on Mt. McKay
• The Peeping Squaw
• The Primacy Of Plants
• The Sea Lion Of Silver Islet
• The Seven Headed Dragon
• The Sleeping Giant
• The Son In Law Tests
• The Three Sisters
• The Wish To Marry A Star
• Trickster Tales

Okanagon Legends

• Creation Of The Animal People
• Dirty Boy

Omaha Legends

• How To Count To 100

Onondaga Legends

• Origin Of The Pleiades

Osage Legends

• The Fatal Swing
• The Spider And The People
• The Wisdom Of The Willow Tree

Ottawa Legends

• Origin Of Our Tribal Flower - The Trailing Arbutus
• The Great Flood

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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