Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains (1913) (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

Description

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from.

It contains:

Bianki's Vision / Preface
The Creation - Osage
How the World was Made - Cherokee
The Flood and the Rainbow - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)
The First Fire - Cherokee
The Ancestors of People - Osage
Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee
Sacred Legend - Omaha
The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha
A Tradition of the Calumet - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)
The Sacred Pole - Omaha
Ikto and the Thunders - Teton
The Thunder Bird - Commanche
The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin
Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha
Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux
Origin of the Buffalo - Teton
The Buffalo Being - Teton
The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha
The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha
My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha
Bird Omens - Sioux
The Bird Chief - Omaha
Song of the Birds - Pawnee
Song of Kawas, the Eagle - Pawnee
The Eagle’s Revenge - Cherokee
The Race between Humming Bird and Crane - Cherokee
Rabbit and the Turkeys - Omaha
Unktomi and the Bad Songs - Dakota
How the Pheasant Beat Corn - Cherokee
Why Turkey Gobbles - Cherokee
Omaha Beliefs - Omaha
Pawnee Beliefs - Pawnee
A Song of Hospitality - Sioux
A Song of the March - Sioux
Song of the Prairie Breeze - Kiowa
Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies - Mandan
Legend of the Corn - Arikara
Tradition of the Finding of Horses - Ponca
Dakota Beliefs and Customs - Dakota
Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds - Teton
The Ghost’s Resentment - Dakota
The Forked Roads - Omaha
Tattooed Ghosts - Dakota
A Ghost Story - Ponca
The Ghost and the Traveler - Teton
The Man who Shot a Ghost - Teton
The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost - Teton
The Wakanda, or Water God - Yankton
The Spirit Land - Arapahoe
Waziya, the Weather Spirit - Teton
Kansas Blizzards - Kansa
Ikto and the Snowstorm - Teton
The Southern Bride - Cherokee
The Fallen Star - Dakota
Quarrel of Sun and Moon - Omaha
Why the Possum s Dead - Cherokee
Bog Myth - Dakota
Coyote and Snake - Omaha
Why the Wolves Help in War - Dakota
How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves - Cherokee
How Rabbit Lost His Fat - Omaha
How Flint Visited Rabbit - Cherokee
How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap - Omaha
How Rabbit Killed the Giant - Omaha
How Deer Got His Horns - Cherokee
Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth - Cherokee
Legend of the Head of Gold - Dakota
The Milky Way - Cherokee
Coyote and Gray Fox - Ponca
Ictinike and Turtle - Omaha
Ictinike and the Creators - Omaha
How Big Turtle Went on the War Path - Omaha

(Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)