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This is our collection of links to Comanche folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American legends 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. In particular, though these legends come from the Comanches, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Shoshone and Paiute tribes are very similar.
Coyote.
Coyote is the Comanche trickster figure. As in many Southwestern tribes, he is a clever creature
and often helps humans, but is constantly getting into trouble due to character flaws
considered socially unacceptable by Comanche people (greed, dishonesty, recklessness,
impatience, etc.) Many storytellers refer to him affectionately as the brother of the Comanches.
Comanche Creation Story:How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth 
The Release of the Wild Animals:Skunk Outwits Coyote:Legend Of Manitous Springs:When the Storm God Rides: Tejas and other Indian Legends:Mythology of the Commanche:Hold Up The Sky: Legend of the Bluebonnet: American Indian Trickster Tales:
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