Native American Legends (P-S)

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Paiute	Pampa	Papago	Passamaquoddy
Patwin	Pawnee	Pen D'Oreille	Penobscot
Pequot	Pima	Quinault	Salish
Salteaux	Sanpoils	Seminole	Seneca
Shasta	Shoshone	Sia	Sioux
Snohomish	Snoqualmie	Squamish

Paiute Legends

• California Big Trees
• Coyote
• Coyote And Sun
• Song Of The Ghost Dance
• The Woman And The Giants
• Why The North Star Stands Still

Pampa Legends

• Legend Of The Cactus

Papago (Tohono O'odham) Legends

• A Coyote's Tales
• Butterflies
• How The Butterflies Came To Be
• The Creation Story
• The Tale About How Juanita Came To The Desert Museum
• The Tale Of What Juanita Ate In The Wild

Passamaquoddy Legends

• At-O-Sis The Serpent
• Glooscap Fights The Water Monster aka Kluskap Fights The Water Monster
• How A Hunter Visited The Thunder Spirits Who Dwell In Mount Katahdin
• How Glooskap Bound Wuchowsen, The Great Wind-Bird, And made All The Waters In All The World Stagnant
• How Glooskap Changed Certain Saucy Indians Into Rattlesnakes
• How Glooscap Conquered The Great Bull-Frog, And In What Manner All The Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, And Other Water Creatures Were Created
• How Glooskap Is Making Arrows, And preparing For A Great Battle. The Twilight Of The Indian Gods
• How Glooskap Made The Elves And Fairies, And Then Man Of An Ash Tree, And last Of All, Beasts, And Of His Coming At The Last Day
• How Glooskap Went To England & France, & Was The first To Make America Known To The Europeans
• How Lox Came To Grief By Trying To Catch A Salmon
• How Lox Deceived The Ducks, Cheated The Chief, And Beguiled The Bear
• How Lox Told A Lie
• How Master Lox As A Raccoon Killed The Pear And The Black Cats, And Performed Other Notable Feats Of Skill, All To His Great Discredit
• How Master Rabbit Went To A Wedding And Won The Bride
• How Partridge Built The Birds' Canoes
• How The Hunter Became A Partridge
• How The Story Of Glooskap And Pook-jin-skwess, The Evil Pitcher, Is Told By The Passamaquoddy Indians
• Married To The Spirit Of Katahdin
• Muggahmaht'adem, The Dance Of Old Age, Or The Magic Of The Weewillmekq'
• Muggahmaht'adem, The Dance Of Old Age (version 2)
• Ne Hwas, The Mermaid
• Of Glooskap And The Sinful Serpent
• Of The Dreadful Deeds Of The Evil Pitcher, Who Was Both Man & Woman, & How She Fell In Love With Glooskap, &, Being Scorned, Became His Enemy. Of The Toads & Porcupines, & The Awful Battle Of The Giants
• Of The Great Deeds Which Glooskap Did For Men; How He Named The Animals, And Who They Were That Formed His Family
• Of The Wolverine And The Wolves, Or How Master Lox Froze To Death
• Of The Woman Who Loved A Serpent Who Lived In A Lake
• Of The Woman Who Married The Thunder, And Of Their Boy
• Origin Of The Black Snakes
• Origin Of The Medicine Man
• The Chenoo, Or The, Story Of A Cannibal With An Icy Heart
• The Flying Canoe
• The Mother Of Serpents
• The Origin Of The Thunderbird
• The Owl Husband
• The Story Of The Great Chenoo, As Told By The Passamaquoddies
• The Thunder And Lightning Men
• The Young Man Who Was Saved By A Rabbit And A Fox

Patwin Legends

• Origin Of Clear Lake
• The Great Fire

Pawnee Legends

• A Cheyenne Blanket
• Pawnee Acopalyptic Myth
• The Girl Who Was The Ring
• The Medicine Grizzly Bear
• The Mud Pony
• The Offended Rolling Stone

Pen D'Oreille Legends

• Coyote And Mountain Sheep
• Coyote And The Skukula'na Women
• Coyote And The Snake Monster
• Coyote In Idaho
• Coyote, Wren, And Grouse
  

Penobscot Legends

• Corn Mother
• How The Great Glooskap Fought The Giant Sorcerers At Saco, And Turned Them Into Fish
• How The Lord Of Men And Beasts Strove With The Mighty Wasis, And Was Shamefully Defeated
• Of The Girl Who Married Mount Katahdin, And How All The Indians Brought About Their Own Rain
• The Giant And The Four Wind Brothers
• The Legend Of The Bear Family
• The Story Of Glooskap As Told In A Few Words By A Woman Of The Penobscots

Pequot Legends

• Big Eater's Wife

Pima Legends

• Bluebird And The Coyote
• Chuhwuht: The Song Of The World
• Coyote
• Coyote And The Mesquite Beans
• Coyote And The Quails
• Coyote And The Tortillas
• Coyote's Eyes
• Grandfather Gray Owl
• How The Bluebird Got Its Color
• How The Rattlesnake Learned To Bite
• Origin Of The Saguaro And Palo Verde Cacti
• Speech On The Warpath
• Tale Of Elder Brother
• The Birds
• The Boy And The Beast
• The Children Of Cloud
• The Creation Of Man-Kind And The Flood
• The Creation Of The World
• The Flood On Superstition Mountain
• The Legend Of Eagleman
• The Thirsty Quails
• The Well-Baked Man
• Why The Apaches Are Fierce

Quinault Legends

• Bluejay And His Companions
• The Dog Husband

Salish Legends

• Chef-Eth, The Kingfisher
• Coyote And The Buffalo
• Coyote Quarrels With Mole
• Spirit Chief Names The Animal People
• The Great Flood
• The Wolf Dance
• The Woman Who Became A Horse

Salteaux Legends

• How Maple Sugar Came
• Why Wild Roses Have Thorns

Sanpoils Legends

• Chipmunk And Meadow-Lark
• Coyote Becomes Chief Of The Salmon
• Coyote's Salmon
• How The Cold Lost Its Power
• The Five Wolves
• The Origin Of Different Languages
• The Rolling Stone
• The Tick And The Deer

Seminole Legends

• Men Visit The Sky
  

Seneca Legends

• A Battle Between Frost And Whirlwind
• A Bird In Search Of A Mate
• A Brother And Sister Pursued By A Man-Eater
• A Dead Man Speaks Through Fire
• A Little Boy And His Dog, Beautiful Ears
• A Lazy Man
• A Man Chased By The Ancient Of Lizards
• A Man Conquers Stone Coat
• A Man Pursued By His Uncle And By His Wife
• A Warrior Cared For By Wolves
• A Wife For Knowledge
• A Raccoon Story
• A Race Between Bear And Turtle
• A Young Man Rescued By A Toad
• Bald Eagle Sends Mud-Turtle To The Edge Of The World
• Bear's Race With Turtle
• Child Fed And Cared For By A Porcupine And A Bear
• Cold And Frost, Or Stone Coat Women
• Coon Deceives Crawfish
• Dagwaⁿoenyent (Whirlwind)
• Dogs Save Their Master
• Flying-Squirrel And The Seasons
• Gáqga´
• Gáqga´ And Skagédi
• Géha Aids A Deserted Boy
• Géha, The Friend Of A Deserted Boy
• Grandfather And Grandson And An Eagle Woman
• Godasiyo The Woman Chief
• Hagowane And His Ten Sons
• Hodadeioⁿ And His Sister
• Hótho (Cold)
• Hótho Conquers Shagodyoweg Gowa
• How Chipmunks Got Their Stripes - See Iroquois
• How The Conifers Show The Promise Of Spring
• Man-Eater And His Brother Whirlwind
• Mink And His Uncle
• Okteondoⁿ And His Uncle
• Okteondoⁿ And His Uncle, The Planter. Or, Winter Delaying Spring
• Owl And His Jealous Wife
• Partridge And Turtle And Their Cousins Wolves
• Quail Kills Cold Weather And The Thunder Family
• Rain Old Man And The Horned Snake (Lightning)
• Seek Your Father
• Skagédi And The Man-Eater
• Stone Coat, Cold And Frost
• Summer Conquers Winter
• Summer Kills Autumn And Is Herself Killed By Winter
• Swan's Daughters Marry Earthquake's Son
• The Adventures Of Gányage Gowa
• The Adventures Of Haníshéonon
• The Adventures Of Wolf-Marked
• The Adventures Of Yellowbird
• The Bird Medicine
• The Boy Who Learned The Songs Of Birds
• The Chipmunk And The Bear
• The Coming Of Spring Or The Wadyoⁿyoⁿdyes Girls
• The Deserted Boy
• The Deserted Village
• The Feast Of The Whirlwinds
• The Fox And Rabbit
• The Friendship Of An Otter
• The Ganyo Gowa
• The Ghost Woman
• The Grandmother And Grandson
• The Great Bear And The Six Hunters. Or, The Seven Stars Of The Dipper
• The Great Snake Battle
• The Great Spirit Overpowers The Cold And Frost Of Winter, Stone Coats
• The Hunter Who Became A Fish
• The Man-Eater And His Younger Brother
• The Mischief Maker. A Tradition Of The Origin Of The Mythology Of The Senecas
• The Moose Woman
• The Origin Of Stories
• The Rabbit Brothers
• The Thunder Boy
• The Trials And Death Of Inchworm
• The Twelve Brothers and Their Uncle, Dagwanoeⁿyent
• The Twelve Stars
• The Woman And Dog In The Moon
• The Woman Who Fell From The Sky
• The Wren
• The Young Woman And Thunder
• Thousand-Legs And Bright Body His Son
• Thunder Destroys Horned Snake
• Tree Worm And His Mother-In-Law, Barkworm
• Turkey's Brother Goes In Search Of A Wife
• Turtle On The War-Path
• Two Seneca Women Escape From Cherokee Captivity
• Two Young Men Who Went To ''The Blue'', Speaker And Definer
• Uncle And Nephew
• War Between Senecas And Cherokees
• Whirlwind And Her Husband
• Whirlwind And Panther
• Wolf And The Old Woman's Grandson

Shasta (Shastika) Legends

• How Coyote Stole Fire
• How Old Man Above Created The World
• How The People Got Arrowheads
• Grizzly
• Old Man Above And The Grizzlies
• Old Mole's Creation
• Why Mt. Shasta Erupted

Shoshone Legends

• The White Trail In The Sky
• Wolf Tricks The Trickster

Sia Legends

• Coyote And The Fawns
• Coyote And The Hare
• Coyote And The Rattlesnake
• Coyote As A Hunter
• Men And Women Try Living Apart
• Rain Song
• Spider's Creation
• The Cloud People
• The Course Of The Sun
• The Earth-Hardening After The Flood
• The Great Flood
• The Theft Of Fire

Sioux Legends

• A Holy Story
• A Legend Of Devil's Tower
• A Warrior's Daughter
• Buffalo Skies
• Coyote And Wasichu
• How Catfish Got A Flat Head
• How Grandfather Peyote Came To The People
• How The Crow Came To Be Black
• How The Fawn Got Its Spots
• How The Rabbit Lost His Tail
• Iktome And The Ignorant Girl
• Iktome, Coyote And The Rock
• Iktome Has A Bad Dream
• My Balls For Your Dinner ?
• Rabbit Boy aka Blood Clot Man
• Remaking The World
• Spotted Eagle And Black Crow
• The Bear And The Rabbit Hunt Buffalo
• The Bound Children
• The Boy And The Turtles
• The Faithful Lovers
• The Forgotten Ear Of Corn
• The Four Brothers; Or Inyanhoksila (Stone Boy)
• The Gift Of Corn
• The Legend Of Standing Rock
• The Legend Of The Flute
• The Legend of The White Horse Plain
• The Little Mice
• The Man And The Oak
• The Mysterious Butte
• The Old Woman In The Cave
• The Pet Donkey
• The Pet Rabbit
• The Rabbit And The Bear With The Flint Body
• The Rabbit And The Elk
• The Rabbit And The Grouse Girls
• The Raccoon And The Crawfish
• The Rainmakers (aka Dancing With Fear)
• The Signs Of Corn
• The Simpleton's Wisdom
• The Sioux Who Married The Crow Chief's Daughter
• The Stone Boy
• The Story Of The Lost Wife
• The Story Of The Peace Pipe
• The Story Of The Pet Crane
• The Story Of The Pet Crow
• The Story Of The Quarrel Of The Sun And Moon
• The Story Of The Rabbits
• The Story Of The Two Young Friends
• The Unktomi (Spider), Two Widows, And The Red Plums
• The "Wasna" (Pemmican) Man And The Unktomi (Spider)
• Unktomi And The Arrowheads
• White Buffalo Calf Woman
• White Plume
• Winona, The Child-Woman

Snohomish (Sdoh-doh-hohbsh) Legends

• Pushing Up The Sky

Snoqualmie Legends

• Playing A Trick On The Moon

Squamish Legends

• Raven: The Brave Warrior
• The Legend Of Wountie
• The Lure In Stanley Park
• The Recluse
• Why The Salmon Come To The Squamish Waters