Native American legends
First peoples' myths
Native American legends are traditional stories from the indigenous peoples of North America, passed down orally across generations.
These narratives typically explain natural phenomena, convey spiritual beliefs, or teach moral lessons through accounts of creation, animal spirits, trickster figures, and heroic ancestors.
The children learned Native American legends around the campfire.
- great spiritIndigenous supreme being
- creation storyAccount of existence's origin
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- RavenDark-feathered namesake
- CoyoteNamed trickster deity
Thunderbird · spirit animal · Spider Woman · Hiawatha · Kokopelli · Wendigo · Aztec mythology · Quetzalcoatl · totem · dream catcher · medicine wheel · trickster · trickster tales · shape shifter
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives
- Midwest folklorePaul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, tall tales, Wendigo, prairie fires
- Myth RetellingsCirce, Clytemnestra, Ariadne, Lavinia, fairy tale adaptations
Native American legendsEuropean folklore
Traditional tales from Europe
Norse mythology · Aesop's fables · Greek mythology · Greco-Roman mythology · Celtic legends
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