Walking With Spirits

Native American Myths, Legends, And Folklore

Volumes 1-6

 

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Before the time of books, computers, tablets and recording devices, the history of many cultures was passed down, from person to person, by word of mouth.  The rich histories of so many people were told in songs, chants, poems and stories.

 

This was the way of Native American tribes.  Each in its own way enriching their stories with their own experiences.  By reliving these stories and songs, we have the opportunity to bring life back to the ancient spirits that created them.  We have a chance to walk with the spirits of the past.

 

Through storytelling, the rich history of the Native American tribes is alive and well today.  It has been shared and preserved and still pays tribute to fallen heroes of the past.  Often, Native Americans have been misrepresented as violent people.  It is through the glimpses into the past, and  these stories much like the ones that are contained in this book, that you can see what a proud heritage they possess and how in tune with the Earth Native Americans really are. 

 

Being there were so many different tribes with countless beliefs and customs, the only way to understand their ways is through understanding their stories.  In this book I have endeavored to show a wide landscape of different tribes and hopefully present a true look at their beliefs.

 

With these books I hope you understand the Native American people a little better and understand where they have come from and what they can offer the world.  By exploring these stories I hope to offer you a glimpse into an often forgotten past.  The past of my people.  I was born Cherokee and as a child heard many of these stories.  These stories were passed to me in the old traditional way by my grandfather.  And now I give these stories to you, to carry forward for younger generations to explore and learn. 

 

You are invited to go Walking With Spirits.

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Included in Volume One are the stories: Origin of the Pleiades, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire, White Bead Woman, The Origin of Corn, The Hunter and Selu, Myth of the White Buffalo Woman, The Origin of Eternal Death, How Coyote Stole Fire, The Lame Warrior, The Story of Hungry Wolf, Origin of the Sweat Lodge, The Legend of the Cherokee Rose, Contents of the Medicine Bag, Raven's Medicine, The First Fire, Origin Of Disease And Medicine, The Daughter Of The Sun, The Journey To The Sunrise, Why The Mole Lives Underground, The Terrapin's Escape From The Wolves, Origin Of The Groundhog Dance, The Haunted Whirlpool, The Man In The Stump, The Mother Bear's Song and many, many more.

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Included in Volume Two are a large collection of Legends containing: The White Faced Bear, When the World was Young, Chipmunk and Bear, Why the Mountain Lion is Long and Lean, The Girl Who Climbed to the Sky, The Trickster's Great fall and his Revenge, Story of the Wildcat Clan, Run, Rabbit, Run, Dance In A Buffalo Skull, Manstin, The Rabbit, The Warlike Seven and many, many more.

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Included in Volume Three are: Origin of the Medicine Man, The Quill-Work Girl and Her Seven Brothers, Why the North Star Stands Still, The Ghost Country,  The Flying Canoe,  Face Painting,  The Stretching Tree,  The Legend of the Maid of the Mist,  The Big Turtle's War Party,  Traditional Talking Stick, The Origin of Medicine, The Magic Arrows,  Bear's Lodge,  Two Ghostly Lovers, and many, many more.

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Included in Volume Four are: The Sun Snarer, Creation of First Man and First Woman, The Fatal Swing, Song of the Ghost Dance, Paiute Medicine Song, Origin of Clear Lake, The Great Fire, The Medicine Grizzly Bear, The Girl Who Was the Ring, How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite, The White Trail in the Sky, The Cloud People, Crossing the Red Sea, The Eye Juggler, The Rolling Head, The Tower of Babel, The Jealous Father, The False Bride Groom, The Alligator That Stole a Man, and many, many more.

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Included in Volume Five are: The Wish to Marry a Star, Dirty Boy, Onondaga Creation Myth, The Offended Rolling Stone,  The Boy and the Beast, Coyote's Eyes, Speech on the Warpath, Blue Jay and His Companions, Turtle's Race with Bear, Shoshone Love Song, A Bashful Courtship, The Bound Children, The Legend of Standing Rock, The Boy and the Turtles, The Bag Of Winds, The Arrow Chain, Pokoh the Old Man, and many, many more.

 

Included in Volume Six are: All is finished, The Simpleton's Wisdom, How the Rabbit Lost His Tail, The Mice, The Owl, And The Hawk, The Creation, The Sparrow-Hawk and the Ha’kwa, The Princess Who Rejected Her Cousin, The Crow and the Hawk, The Red Eagle Song, Iya, the Camp Eater, The Red Eagle and the Owl, The Bee and the Asya, The Two Blind Old Women, Coyote Proves Himself a Cannibal, The Emergence, The Fox and the Wildcat, Huruing Wuhti and the Sun, The Kokoshori Katcina & the Shongopavi Maiden, The Origin of Some Mishongnovi Clans, The Tree-bound, The Enchanted Horse, The Son-In-Law Tests, Coyote and Sun, The Children of Cloud, The Creation of Man-Kind and the Flood, The Creation of the World, Old Man Above Creates the World, and many, many more.