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This is our collection of links to Cayuga folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our American Indian stories section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other, so you may also want to visit our page comparing the stories from the Iroquois tribes (which include the Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, and Cayuga Indians), since the traditional stories of those tribes are very similar.
Sky Woman:
The Cayuga mother goddess, said to have fallen through a hole in the sky.
Good Spirit and Bad Spirit:
The culture heroes of the Cayuga tribe. In most Iroquois legends, the twins are
grandsons of Sky Woman and their mother dies in childbirth; however, in Cayuga
legends the twins are usually said to be Sky Woman's sons.
Good Spirit (sometimes known as Sapling) was the benefactor of the Cayugas, slew monsters
and created many things to help humankind; his twin Bad Spirit (sometimes known as Flint)
was evil and caused destruction.
The Thunders:
Powerful storm spirits who live in the sky and cause thunder and lightning. Although they are
dangerous beings and their gaze can bring death to mortal men, they usually play a positive
role in Cayuga legends and are typically portrayed as honorable and fair.
Naked Bear:
A giant, hairless bear monster. Some people associate them with mammoths.
Iroquois Creation Myth:The Hunting of the Great Bear:Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House: Iroquois Indian Myths And Legends: The Deetkatoo:
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