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This is our collection of links to Crow 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 Crows, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes are very similar.
Old-Man-Coyote:
Coyote played the role of both Creator and trickster in Crow mythology. In some versions of the Crow creation myth there were actually two Coyotes, the Old Man Coyote who created people, animals, and the earth, and a regular Coyote who had adventures and got into trouble. In other versions, they were one and the same.
Thrown-Behind-Curtain and
Thrown-In-Spring (or Lodge-Boy and
Thrown-Away.)
These mythical twins whose mother was killed by a monster are common to the folklore of many Midwestern and Plains tribes.
They are generally portrayed as heroic monster-slayers in Crow stories.
Nirumbee:
Goblin-like little people of Crow folklore.
Greasy Breast:
Dwarven hero of Crow folklore.
Old Man at the Beginning 
Old Man Coyote Makes The World: Red Shield and Running Wolf:Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away:The Origin of Tobacco:Apsaroke Myth and Legend:From the Heart of the Crow Country: Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians: Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird:Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies:American Indian Trickster Tales:
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