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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Lazy Man
- A Little Boy And His Dog, Beautiful Ears
- 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 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
- Godasiyo The Woman Chief
- Grandfather And Grandson And An Eagle Woman
- 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
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