Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian

Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 Prefatory Note It might have been expected that the Indians of North America would have many Folklore tales to tell, and in this volume I have endeavoured to present such of them as seemed to me to best illustrate the primitive character and beliefs of the people. The belief, and the language in which it is clothed, are often very beautiful. Fantastic imagination, magnanimity, moral sentiment, tender feeling, and humour are discovered in a degree which may astonish many who have been apt to imagine that advanced civilisation has much to do with the possession of such qualities. I know of nothing that throws so much light upon Indian character as their Folk-tales. About Anonymous Text Summary Prefatory Note Moowis The Girl Who Married the Pine-Tree A Legend of Manabozho Pauppukkeewis The Discovery of the Upper World The Boy Who Snared the Sun The Maid in the Box The Sprits and the Lovers The Wonderful Rod The Funeral Fire The Legend of O-na-wut-a-qut-o Manabozho In the Fish's Stomach The Sun and the Moon The Snail and the Beaver The Strange Guests Manabozho and his Toe The Girl Who Became A Bird The Undying Head The Old Chippeway Mukumik! Mukumik! Mukumik! The Swing by the Lake The Fire Plume The Journey to the Island of Souls Machinitou, the Evil Spirit The Woman of Stone The Maiden Who Loved A Fish The Lone Lightning Aggo-dah-gauda Piqua The Evil Maker Manabozho the Wolf The Man-Fish Sorry, no summary available yet. Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.