In this Cherokee legend, animals seek ways to fight back against the humans who kill them. Afflicting humans with disease seems to be the only retribution. It is only the deer who decide that a human hunter will be spared disease if he or she offers thanks to the animal he or she killed. The kindgom of Plants, friendly to humans, provides remedies for many diseases inflicted by other endangered animals.
Myths & Legengs are tow major categories falling under the heading folktale. They are stories that were originally transmitted orally. Here we will explore some of them.
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In this legend from Japan, a poor man rescues a creane from a fisher's net. Shortly thereafter, a beautiful woman appears at the man...
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In this Chinese myth, Chih-nii, the daughter of a major deity, comes down to earth to bathe in a river. A simple cowherd, not knowing her i...
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In this Hawaiian myth, Pele takes her younger sister Hi'iaku along with her as a companion as she seeks an island on which to build a h...
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In this Greek myth, Demeter, the beneficent goddess of the earth's crops and soil, throws the world into year-round cold and famine w...
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In the Celtic myth, the king of the mystical land of Tir na N-og is told that he will lose his power if his daugther marries, for then his ...
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Orion was a giant-sized hunter of prodigious strength. He was created by Zeus at the request of King Hyrieus of Boeotia, who had entertaine...
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In this Greek myth, the god Prometheus enrages Zeus by bringing the gift of fire to human beings. With this gift, humans are able to make t...
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In this myth from Scandinavia, Thor the Thunder god loses his hammer through his own carelessness. Helpless to defend Asgard, the home of th...
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In Aztec mythology, Quetzalcoatl, or the Plumed Serpent, and his people, the Toltec, brought civilization to Mexico. The story in this coll...
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This Persina legend, a retelling of one in the Arabian Nights, tells of a gullible and foolish ruler, the Sultan Kohs'roo Shah, who is ...
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- The Talking Bird
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