Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

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KATHARINE BERRY JUDSON

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE GREAT PLAINS THE CREATION

HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE

THE FLOOD AND THE RAINBOW

THE FIRST FIRE

THE ANCESTORS OF PEOPLE

ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES

SACRED LEGEND

THE LEGEND OF THE PEACE PIPES

A TRADITION OF THE CALUMET

THE SACRED POLE

IKTO AND THE THUNDERS

THE THUNDER BIRD

THE THUNDER BIRD (2)

SONG TO THE THUNDER GODS [A]

SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT

SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT [D]

ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO

THE BUFFALO BEING

THE YOUTH AND THE UNDERGROUND PEOPLE

THE BUFFALO AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR

MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT [G]

BIRD OMENS

THE BIRD CHIEF

SONG OF THE BIRDS [H]

SONG OF KAWAS, THE EAGLE [I]

THE EAGLE'S REVENGE

THE RACE BETWEEN HUMMING BIRD AND CRANE

RABBIT AND THE TURKEYS

UNKTOMI AND THE BAD SONGS

HOW THE PHEASANT BEAT CORN

WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES

OMAHA BELIEFS

PAWNEE BELIEFS

A SONG OF HOSPITALITY [J]

A SONG OF THE MARCH [K]

SONG OF THE PRAIRIE BREEZE [L]

OLD-WOMAN-WHO-NEVER-DIES

LEGEND OF THE CORN

TRADITION OF THE FINDING OF HORSES

DAKOTA BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS

WHY THE TETONS BURY ON SCAFFOLDS

THE GHOST'S RESENTMENT

THE FORKED ROADS

TATTOOED GHOSTS

A GHOST STORY

THE GHOST AND THE TRAVELER

THE MAN WHO SHOT A GHOST

THE INDIAN WHO WRESTLED WITH A GHOST

THE WAKANDA, OR WATER GOD

THE SPIRIT LAND

WAZIYA, THE WEATHER SPIRIT

KANSAS BLIZZARDS

IKTO AND THE SNOWSTORM

THE SOUTHERN BRIDE

THE FALLEN STAR

QUARREL OF THE SUN AND MOON

WHY THE POSSUM PLAYS DEAD

BOG MYTH

COYOTE AND SNAKE

WHY THE WOLVES HELP IN WAR

HOW RABBIT ESCAPED FROM THE WOLVES

HOW RABBIT LOST HIS FAT

HOW FLINT VISITED RABBIT

HOW RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP

HOW RABBIT KILLED THE GIANT

HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS

WHY THE DEER HAS BLUNT TEETH

LEGEND OF THE HEAD OF GOLD

THE MILKY WAY

COYOTE AND GRAY FOX

ICTINIKE AND THE TURTLE

ICTINIKE AND THE CREATORS

HOW BIG TURTLE WENT ON THE WARPATH

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