Tunkasila, Grandfather Rock
AUTHOR: Sioux Legend, Myth, Oral Story This legend tells why we should respect rocks.Continue to Tunkasila, Grandfather Rock →
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Dine (Navajo) Creation Story
AUTHOR: Dine’ or Navajo creation story, legend, myth, oral story There was once a First World below the World as we know it. Everything was black and it had in it only six beings. They were First Man, the Son of Night and the Blue Sky over Sunset; First Woman, the Daughter of Day Break and the Yellow Sky of Sunset; Salt Woman; Fire God; Coyote and Begochiddy. Begochiddy had blue eyes and golden hair and was both man and…
Coyote Moon Myth, a Kalispel legend
AUTHOR: Kalispel Legend, Myth, Oral Story How Coyote was the Moon, then lost that job.Continue to Coyote Moon Myth, a Kalispel legend →
Unktomi and the arrowheads
SOURCE: Sioux oral story There were once upon a time two young men who were very great friends, and were constantly together. One was a very thoughtful young man, the other very impulsive, who never stopped to think before he committed an act. One day these two friends were walking along, telling each other of their experiences in love making. They ascended a high hill, and on reaching the top, heard a ticking noise as if small stones or pebbles…