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Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

by Katharine Berry Judson

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Editor
Judson, Katharine Berry, 1866-1929
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore
Category
Text
eBook-No.
22083
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22083
Release Date
July 16, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
  2. 2.KATHARINE BERRY JUDSON — BIANKI’S VISION
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6.THE CREATION
  7. 7.HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
  8. 8.THE FLOOD AND THE RAINBOW
  9. 9.THE FIRST FIRE
  10. 10.THE ANCESTORS OF PEOPLE
  11. 11.ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES
  12. 12.SACRED LEGEND
  13. 13.THE LEGEND OF THE PEACE PIPES
  14. 14.A TRADITION OF THE CALUMET
  15. 15.THE SACRED POLE
  16. 16.IKTO AND THE THUNDERS
  17. 17.THE THUNDER BIRD
  18. 18.THE THUNDER BIRD
  19. 19.SONG TO THE THUNDER GODS [A] — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT — FOOTNOTE:
  21. 21.SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT [D] — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO
  23. 23.THE BUFFALO BEING — GERMAN KNIGHTS AND INDIAN WARRIORS
  24. 24.THE YOUTH AND THE UNDERGROUND PEOPLE
  25. 25.THE BUFFALO AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR — RIVALRY OVER THE BUFFALO — CAPTURE OF A WANDERING BUFFALO
  26. 26.MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT [G] — FOOTNOTE:
  27. 27.BIRD OMENS
  28. 28.THE BIRD CHIEF
  29. 29.SONG OF THE BIRDS [H] — FOOTNOTE:
  30. 30.SONG OF KAWAS, THE EAGLE [I] — FOOTNOTE:
  31. 31.THE EAGLE’S REVENGE
  32. 32.THE RACE BETWEEN HUMMING BIRD AND CRANE
  33. 33.RABBIT AND THE TURKEYS — FIVE CHIEFS OF THE OGALLA SIOUX
  34. 34.UNKTOMI AND THE BAD SONGS
  35. 35.HOW THE PHEASANT BEAT CORN
  36. 36.WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES
  37. 37.OMAHA BELIEFS
  38. 38.PAWNEE BELIEFS
  39. 39.A SONG OF HOSPITALITY [J] — FOOTNOTE:
  40. 40.A SONG OF THE MARCH [K] — FOOTNOTE: — SIOUAN TENTS
  41. 41.SONG OF THE PRAIRIE BREEZE [L] — FOOTNOTE:
  42. 42.OLD-WOMAN-WHO-NEVER-DIES
  43. 43.LEGEND OF THE CORN
  44. 44.TRADITION OF THE FINDING OF HORSES
  45. 45.DAKOTA BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
  46. 46.WHY THE TETONS BURY ON SCAFFOLDS — FOOTNOTE:
  47. 47.THE GHOST’S RESENTMENT
  48. 48.THE FORKED ROADS
  49. 49.TATTOOED GHOSTS
  50. 50.A GHOST STORY
  51. 51.THE GHOST AND THE TRAVELER
  52. 52.THE MAN WHO SHOT A GHOST
  53. 53.THE INDIAN WHO WRESTLED WITH A GHOST
  54. 54.THE WAKANDA, OR WATER GOD
  55. 55.THE SPIRIT LAND
  56. 56.WAZIYA, THE WEATHER SPIRIT
  57. 57.KANSAS BLIZZARDS — “KILLED TWO ARIKARA CHIEFS” — MANY TONGUES, OR LOUD TALKER
  58. 58.IKTO AND THE SNOWSTORM
  59. 59.THE SOUTHERN BRIDE
  60. 60.THE FALLEN STAR
  61. 61.QUARREL OF THE SUN AND MOON
  62. 62.WHY THE POSSUM PLAYS DEAD
  63. 63.BOG MYTH
  64. 64.COYOTE AND SNAKE
  65. 65.WHY THE WOLVES HELP IN WAR
  66. 66.HOW RABBIT ESCAPED FROM THE WOLVES
  67. 67.HOW RABBIT LOST HIS FAT
  68. 68.HOW FLINT VISITED RABBIT
  69. 69.HOW RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP
  70. 70.HOW RABBIT KILLED THE GIANT
  71. 71.HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS
  72. 72.WHY THE DEER HAS BLUNT TEETH
  73. 73.LEGEND OF THE HEAD OF GOLD
  74. 74.THE MILKY WAY
  75. 75.COYOTE AND GRAY FOX
  76. 76.ICTINIKE AND THE TURTLE
  77. 77.ICTINIKE AND THE CREATORS — OMAHA ASSAULT ON A DAKOTA VILLAGE
  78. 78.HOW BIG TURTLE WENT ON THE WARPATH — THE END

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