American Myths — 89 Stories

• The First Sunrise Ceremony
• The First Storm and Thunder Beings
• The Creation of the Seasons
• Emergence Through the Four Worlds
• The Creation of Death and the Afterlife
• The First Pathways Across the Land
• The Creation of Language and Speech
• Sun and Moon Siblings Creation Story
• The Signal Fire Runner of the Hills
• The Builder of the Endless Road
• The Iron Rider of the Railroad Age
• The Timber Lifter of the Great Forest
• The Coal Mine Guardian Beneath the Earth
• The Bell Keeper Who Rang Before Danger
• The Field Singer Who Brought Strength
• The Voice That Stilled the Crowd
• The Moon That Followed the Trickster
• The Sun’s Punishment of the Earth
• The Moon Spirit Who Controls Dreams
• The Hunter Who Became Orion
• The Sun Chief and the People of the Sky
• The Star Spirits Who Guard the North
• The Sun’s Journey Through the Underworld
• The Pleiades as Lost Dancers
• The Snake That Guards the Sacred River
• The Origin of the Kokopelli Flute
• The Spirit Wolf Who Guided Lost Travelers
• The Spirit Fish of the Sacred Springs
• The Prairie Dog Who Saved the People
• The Giant Sturgeon of the Columbia River
• The Spirit Crane of the Wetlands
• The Dolphin Spirits of the Pacific Coast
• Cosmic Egg Creation (Inuit Myth)
• Klamath World Builder K’mukamtch
• The Creation of the Stars
• Blackfoot First Elk and Earth Naming
• Ojibwe Earth‑Diver and Wenabozho
• The Sun Maiden Story (Hopi and Pueblo)
• Micmac Dawn of the Land
• The Emergence of the Sky Woman
• The Yard Dog of Kentucky’s Old Coal Trails
• The Echo Canyon Marksman of the Southwest
• The Firewalker of California Sierra Mines
• The Great Basin Guide of the Desert Trails
• The Calaveras Frog Jumping Champion Legend
• The Frontier Fence Builder Strength Legend
• The Bunyan Blue Ox Companion Tradition
• The Ozark Cave Explorer Bravery Cycle
• Stars as the Campfires of the Ancestors
• The Sun Who Burned Too Strongly
• The Moon Who Lost His Face
• Stars That Fell to Become Sacred Stones
• The Sun Trapped by Winter
• The Moon Who Guards the Dead
• The Moon and Sun as Former Humans
• Constellations That Move at Night
• The scared stone wind passage
• Night Fish of the Still Lake
• The Miwok Meadow of Ash
• Turtle Earth Origin Stories
• Wolf Star Navigation of the plains
• Hawk Vision over the Plains
• Horse Arrival and Power Transfer
• Desert Lizard of Endurance
• Raven Steals the Light
• The Emergence from the Sipapu
• Coyote and the Making of Death
• Spider Woman Shapes the World
• First Sunrise After Darkness
• Great Serpent Beneath the Earth
• Sky Woman and the Turtle’s Back
• The Lighthouse Keeper Who Never Slept
• The River Pilot Who Read the Water
• The Night Watchman of the Western Rail
• The Mill Worker Who Stopped the Fire
• The Star-Spangled Banner’s Midnight Defender
• The Judge’s Clerk Who Hid the Records
• The Snowbound Messenger of the Sierra
• The Oneida Warriors Who Saved a Revolution
• The Boy Who Became the Morning Star: Pawnee Folktale
• The Star People and the Lost Children: Lakota Sioux Folktale (United States)
• The Sun and the Moon Are Man and Wife: Cherokee Folktale (United States)
• The Theft of the Sun and the Moon
• Why the Crow Is Black: Cherokee Folktale
• The Sky Tree: Iroquois Folktale
• The Origin of the Winds: American Folktale
• How Coyote Brought Fire to the People: American Folktale
• Raven and the Snowless Winter
• Sky Woman’s Basket