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Category: Myths

Rabbit Calls a Truce

Rabbit(310x240)

In the long ago when Glooscap ruled over the Wabanaki, there lived two lively animals--Keoonik the Otter, and Ableegumooch the Rabbit, who were forever playing tricks on each

Eagle Feather

Eagle Feather(310x240)

When the world was new, the Creator made all the birds. He coloured their feathers like a bouquet of flowers. The Creator then gave each a distinct song to

Changing Woman

Changing Woman(310x240)

Changing Woman [Asdz nádleehé] comes closest to being the personification of the earth [Nahasdzáán] and of the natural order of the

Cannibal Basket Woman – Upper Skagit

Upper Skagit(310x240)

A group of children knew a woman who lived all alone near the river. The children knew that she was lonely, and they wanted to go visit with

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Monster Slayer and Yé’iitsoh

Monster Slayer and Yé'iitsoh(310x240)

Changing Woman's [asdzáán nádleehé] twin sons had been born for the purpose of ridding the earth of the Monsters who were killing all the

How the Fly Saved the River

How the Fly Saved the River(310x240)

Many, many years ago when the world was new, there was a beautiful river. Fish in great numbers lived in this river, and its water was so pure and sweet that all the animals came there to

Rabbit and Moon Man

Rabbit and Moon Man(310x240)

Long ago, Rabbit was a great hunter. He lived with his grandmother in a lodge which stood deep in the Micmac

The Stretching Tree – Chilcotin

Chilcotin Tribe(310x240)

Once an old man and a young man and two women lived together. The two women were the young man's

The Sun, Moon and Stars

The Sun, Moon and Stars(310x240)

In this present, or Fifth World, the First People had four lights which had been brought from the lower

A Fish Story – Tewa

Tewa Girl With a Butterfly Whorl Hairstyle(310x240)

There occurred in those days a great drought. Rain had not come for many, many days. The crops were dying and the water in the lake was going down and

The Piqued Buffalo-wife

Blackfoot Nation(310x240)

Once a young man went out and came to a buffalo-cow fast in the mire. He took advantage of her situation. After a ime she gave birth to a

The Empounded Water – Malecite, Northwest Woodland

Malecite Tribe(310x240)

Aglabem kept back all the water in the world, so that rivers stopped flowing, and lakes dried up, and the people everywhere began dying of

Two Ghostly Lovers – Brule, Sioux

Brule Sioux Tribe(310x240)

Long ago her lived a young, good-looking man whom no woman could resist. He was an elk charmer--a man who had elk medicine, which carries love

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