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 - (Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)
Chapters
1 Bianki's Vision / Preface 6 min 2 The Creation - Osage 3 min 3 How the World was Made - Cherokee 5 min 4 The Flood and the Rainbow - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) 2 min 5 The First Fire - Cherokee 3 min 6 The Ancestors of People - Osage 1 min 7 Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee 2 min 8 Sacred Legend - Omaha 4 min 9 The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha 3 min 10 A Tradition of the Calumet - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) 2 min 11 The Sacred Pole - Omaha 3 min 12 Ikto and the Thunders - Teton 1 min 13 The Thunder Bird - Commanche 1 min 14 The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin 1 min 15 Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha 1 min 16 Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux 1 min 17 Origin of the Buffalo - Teton 2 min 18 The Buffalo Being - Teton 2 min 19 The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha 11 min 20 The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha 3 min 21 My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha 3 min 22 Bird Omens - Sioux 1 min 23 The Bird Chief - Omaha 1 min 24 Song of the Birds - Pawnee 1 min 25 Song of Kawas, the Eagle - Pawnee 1 min 26 The Eagle's Revenge - Cherokee 1 min 27 The Race between Humming Bird and Crane - Cherokee 2 min 28 Rabbit and the Turkeys - Omaha 2 min 29 Unktomi and the Bad Songs - Dakota 4 min 30 How the Pheasant Beat Corn - Cherokee 1 min 31 Why Turkey Gobbles - Cherokee 1 min 32 Omaha Beliefs - Omaha 2 min 33 Pawnee Beliefs - Pawnee 3 min 34 A Song of Hospitality - Sioux 1 min 35 A Song of the March - Sioux 2 min 36 Song of the Prairie Breeze - Kiowa 1 min 37 Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies - Mandan 3 min 38 Legend of the Corn - Arikara 4 min 39 Tradition of the Finding of Horses - Ponca 3 min 40 Dakota Beliefs and Customs - Dakota 3 min 41 Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds - Teton 1 min 42 The Ghost's Resentment - Dakota 5 min 43 The Forked Roads - Omaha 1 min 44 Tattooed Ghosts - Dakota 1 min 45 A Ghost Story - Ponca 1 min 46 The Ghost and the Traveler - Teton 1 min 47 The Man who Shot a Ghost - Teton 2 min 48 The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost - Teton 4 min 49 The Wakanda, or Water God - Yankton 3 min 50 The Spirit Land - Arapahoe 2 min 51 Waziya, the Weather Spirit - Teton 1 min 52 Kansas Blizzards - Kansa 1 min 53 Ikto and the Snowstorm - Teton 1 min 54 The Southern Bride - Cherokee 1 min 55 The Fallen Star - Dakota 11 min 56 Quarrel of Sun and Moon - Omaha 1 min 57 Why the Possum Plays Dead - Cherokee 2 min 58 Bog Myth - Dakota 1 min 59 Coyote and Snake - Omaha 2 min 60 Why the Wolves Help in War - Dakota 2 min 61 How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves - Cherokee 2 min 62 How Rabbit Lost His Fat - Omaha 1 min 63 How Flint Visited Rabbit - Cherokee 2 min 64 How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap - Omaha 2 min 65 How Rabbit Killed the Giant - Omaha 4 min 66 How Deer Got His Horns - Cherokee 2 min 67 Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth - Cherokee 2 min 68 Legend of the Head of Gold - Dakota 4 min 69 The Milky Way - Cherokee 1 min 70 Coyote and Gray Fox - Ponca 2 min 71 Ictinike and Turtle - Omaha 3 min 72 Ictinike and the Creators - Omaha 6 min 73 How Big Turtle Went on the War Path - Omaha 22 min
