Books:Non-Fiction: Native American Mythology and Folklore
Virtually every book of urban fantasy that Charles de Lint has written contains some element of Native American folklore and legend. As usual, the patrons of
Tamson House have wandered through its halls and seen fit to place a number of volumes of this type for research purposes. The following is a list of suggestions
that fall in the category of Non-Fiction, Native American Mythology and Folklore.
Myths and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Raven Tales
The Good Medicine Book, by Adolph Hungry Wolf
Native American Myths and Folktales
And 'Stine supplied us with a *huge* list - (some of these are kids books and some are only based on Native American folklore)
The Storytelling Stone: Traditional Native American Myths and Tales Edited by Susan Feldman ISBN 0440383145 (this is one of my favorites)
Buffalo Gals; Ursula K. Le Guin (Native American related stories, but as far as I know, not actual myths) ISBN 0451450493
When the World Ended; How Hummingbord Got Fire; How People Were Made -- Rumisen Ohlone Stories, Reconstructed and illustrated by Linda
Yamane (childrens book)
How the Sea Began: A Taino Myth, by George Crespo
American Indian Myths and Legends, selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
Why the North Star Stands Still and Other Indian Legends, William R. Palmer, Illustrated by William I. Palmer and Ursula Koering
Stories That Make the World: Oral Literature of the Indian Peoples of the Inland Northwest (The Civilization of the American Indian, Vol 218); Rodney Frey
Skunny Wundy: Seneca Indian Tales (The Iroquois and Their Neighbors) , Arthur C. Parker, George Armstrong
Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural, Mary Giraudo Beck, Marvin Oliver
Seneca Myths and Folk Tales, Arthur C. Parker
Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories, Charles F. Lummis
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales: With Notes on the Origin, Customs and Character of the Pawnee People, George Bird Grinnell
The Myths of the Opossum: Pathways of Mesoamerican Mythology, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Bernard R. Ortiz De Montellano
Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature), Morris Edward Opler
Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature), Morris Edward Opler
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians, John R. Swanton
Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature), Douglas R. Parks
Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature), Robert H. Lowie
Californian Indian Nights of the World, of Man, of Fire, of the Sun, of Thunder, Edward Winslow Gifford, Gwendoline Harris Block
A Good Medicine Collection: Life in Harmony With Nature, Adolph Hungry Wolf
The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenape People, Hitakonanu'Laxk
Kachina Tales from the Indian Pueblos, Gene Meany Hodge
The Mythology of the Wichita, George Amos Dorsey, 1868-1931
Navaho Folk Tales, Franc Johnson Newcomb
Navaho Legends, Washington Matthews, Washington Matthews
Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends, Margot Edmonds, Ella E. Clark
Friends of Thunder: Folktales of the Oklahoma Cherokees, Jack F. Kilpatrick, Anna G. Kikpatrick
The Bedbugs' Night Dance and Other Hopi Sexual Tales: Mumuspi'Yyungqa Tuutuwutsi, Michael Lomatuway'Ma
Blood of the Monster: The Nez Perce Coyote Cycle, Deward E. Walker Jr.
Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies (Civilization of the American Indian, Vol82), Ella E. Clark ISBN: 0806120878
Indian Stories from the Pueblos (Native American Echos), Frank G. Applegate ISBN: 1557092273
A Kayak Full of Ghosts: Eskimo Tales, by Lawrence Millman ISBN: 0884962679
The Maidu Indian Myths and Stories of Hanc'Ibyjim, by William Shipley ISBN: 0930588525
Images of a People: Tlingit Myths and Legends, Mary Helen Pelton, Jacqueline Digennaro, Jennifer Brady-Morales ISBN: 0872879186
Legends of the Seminoles, Betty Mae Jumper, Guy Labree ISBN: 1561640336
Native American Animal Stories, Joseph Bruchac, Michael J. Caduto
The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway, Basil Johnston
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales: With Notes on the Origin, Customs and Character of the Pawnee People, George Bird Grinnell
The Red Swan: Myths and Tales of the American Indians, John Bierhorst
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