Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from. It contains: Bianki's Vision / Preface The Creation - Osage How the World was Made - Cherokee The Flood and the Rainbow - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) The First Fire - Cherokee The Ancestors of People - Osage Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee Sacred Legend - Omaha The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha A Tradition of the Calumet - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) The Sacred Pole - Omaha Ikto and the Thunders - Teton The Thunder Bird - Commanche The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux Origin of the Buffalo - Teton The Buffalo Being - Teton The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha Bird Omens - Sioux The Bird Chief - Omaha Song of the Birds - Pawnee Song of Kawas, the Eagle - Pawnee The Eagle’s Revenge - Cherokee The Race between Humming Bird and Crane - Cherokee Rabbit and the Turkeys - Omaha Unktomi and the Bad Songs - Dakota How the Pheasant Beat Corn - Cherokee Why Turkey Gobbles - Cherokee Omaha Beliefs - Omaha Pawnee Beliefs - Pawnee A Song of Hospitality - Sioux A Song of the March - Sioux Song of the Prairie Breeze - Kiowa Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies - Mandan Legend of the Corn - Arikara Tradition of the Finding of Horses - Ponca Dakota Beliefs and Customs - Dakota Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds - Teton The Ghost’s Resentment - Dakota The Forked Roads - Omaha Tattooed Ghosts - Dakota A Ghost Story - Ponca The Ghost and the Traveler - Teton The Man who Shot a Ghost - Teton The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost - Teton The Wakanda, or Water God - Yankton The Spirit Land - Arapahoe Waziya, the Weather Spirit - Teton Kansas Blizzards - Kansa Ikto and the Snowstorm - Teton The Southern Bride - Cherokee The Fallen Star - Dakota Quarrel of Sun and Moon - Omaha Why the Possum s Dead - Cherokee Bog Myth - Dakota Coyote and Snake - Omaha Why the Wolves Help in War - Dakota How Rabbit Escaped from the Wolves - Cherokee How Rabbit Lost His Fat - Omaha How Flint Visited Rabbit - Cherokee How Rabbit Caught the Sun in a Trap - Omaha How Rabbit Killed the Giant - Omaha How Deer Got His Horns - Cherokee Why the Deer has Blunt Teeth - Cherokee Legend of the Head of Gold - Dakota The Milky Way - Cherokee Coyote and Gray Fox - Ponca Ictinike and Turtle - Omaha Ictinike and the Creators - Omaha How Big Turtle Went on the War Path - Omaha (Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)