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Uncover the powerful myths of the Americas, from the sacred stories of Native nations to Andean legends and Mayan cosmology. Each tale carries the voice of nature, spirit, and the ancestors.

A parchment-style illustration depicts the Haida legend "Raven Steals the Light." In the center, a massive black raven bursts through the smoke hole of a cedar longhouse, clutching glowing boxes in its talons. Stars scatter across the dark sky, a silver moon rolls outward, and the radiant sun blazes, scorching the raven’s feathers. Below, an old man reaches upward in anguish while cradling a swaddled infant.

Raven Steals the Light: A Haida Myth from America

by Aimiton Precious

November 11, 2025

American Myths and Legends·Myths & Legends

In the time before time, when the world lay wrapped in absolute darkness, the people of the Pacific Northwest coast lived without the gifts we now take for granted. There was no sun to warm the earth, no moon to guide the night travelers, no stars to tell the seasons. The world existed in perpetual shadow, cold and formless, where

Sepia-toned parchment illustration depicting the legendary lake serpent Ogopogo attacking a terrified horse in the cursed waters of Lake Okanagan. The monstrous creature, with a horse-like head, jagged mane, and sinuous scaled body, rises violently from the churning lake, its jaws clamped around the screaming horse’s neck. The horse flails in panic, half-submerged in the rippling water.

American Myths and Legends·Myths & Legends

Ogopogo: North American Legend of the Cursed Lake Serpent

In the days before memory fades into legend, there lived a man among the Syilx people whose spirit had become twisted by darkness. Evil thoughts consumed his waking hours, and malevolent voices whispered ceaselessly in his mind, urging him toward terrible deeds. His eyes burned with a wild, unsettling fire