Native American myths

Native American myths are the traditional stories of indigenous peoples of the Americas, encompassing creation narratives, explanations of natural phenomena, and tales of heroes, tricksters, and supernatural beings.

These oral traditions vary enormously across hundreds of distinct cultures—Navajo, Lakota, Cherokee, Haida, and many others—each with their own cosmology and storytelling conventions.

The term sometimes carries dismissive connotations when used to contrast indigenous beliefs with dominant religions, implying that Native stories are mere fables while others are truth.