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Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

by Katharine Berry Judson

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
  4. 4How the World Was Made
  5. 5The Flood and the Rainbow
  6. 6The First Fire
  7. 7The Ancestors of People
  8. 8Origin of Strawberries
  9. 9Sacred Legend
  10. 10The Legend of the Peace Pipes
  11. 11A Tradition of the Calumet
  12. 12The Sacred Pole
  13. 13Ikto and the Thunders
  14. 14The Thunder Bird
  15. 15The Thunder Bird
  16. 16Song to the Thunder Gods
  17. 17Songs of the Buffalo Hunt
  18. 18Origin of the Buffalo
  19. 19The Buffalo Being
  20. 20The Youth and the Underground People
  21. 21The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear
  22. 22My First Buffalo Hunt
  23. 23Bird Omens
  24. 24The Bird Chief
  25. 25Song of the Birds
  26. 26Song of Kawas, the Eagle
  27. 27The Eagle’s Revenge
  28. 28The Race Between Humming Bird and Crane
  29. 29Rabbit and the Turkeys
  30. 30Unktomi and the Bad Songs
  31. 31How the Pheasant Beat Corn
  32. 32Why the Turkey Gobbles
  33. 33Omaha Beliefs
  34. 34Pawnee Beliefs
  35. 35A Song of Hospitality
  36. 36A Song of the March
  37. 37Song of the Prairie Breeze
  38. 38Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies
  39. 39Legend of the Corn
  40. 40Tradition of the Finding of Horses
  41. 41Dakota Beliefs and Customs
  42. 42Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds
  43. 43The Ghost’s Resentment
  44. 44The Forked Roads
  45. 45Tattooed Ghosts
  46. 46A Ghost Story
  47. 47The Ghost and the Traveler
  48. 48The Man Who Shot a Ghost
  49. 49The Indian Who Wrestled With a Ghost
  50. 50The Wakanda, or Water God
  51. 51The Spirit Land
  52. 52Waziya, the Weather Spirit
  53. 53Kansas Blizzards
  54. 54Ikto and the Snowstorm
  55. 55The Southern Bride
  56. 56The Fallen Star
  57. 57Quarrel of the Sun and Moon
  58. 58Why the Possum Plays Dead
  59. 59Bog Myth
  60. 60Coyote and Snake
  61. 61Why the Wolves Help in War
  62. 62How Rabbit Escaped From the Wolves
  63. 63How Rabbit Lost His Fat
  64. 64How Flint Visited Rabbit
  65. 65How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap
  66. 66How Rabbit Killed the Giant
  67. 67How the Deer Got His Horns
  68. 68Why the Deer Has Blunt Teeth
  69. 69Legend of the Head of Gold
  70. 70The Milky Way
  71. 71Coyote and Gray Fox
  72. 72Ictinike and the Turtle
  73. 73Ictinike and the Creators
  74. 74How Big Turtle Went on the Warpath

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