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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 -
- Chapters
- 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 Plays 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