Indigenous languages * Native American culture * What's new on our site today!

Native Languages of the Americas:
Hopi Legends and Traditional Stories

This is our collection of links to Hopi folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American folklore 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 Hopi tribe, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Pueblo Indians are very similar.

Enjoy the stories! If you would like to recommend a Hopi legend for this page or think one of the ones on here should be removed, please contact us and let us know.

Hopi Indian Folklore

*Hopi Myths and Stories:
    Collection of Hopi legends.
*Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest:
    Online book about Southwest and California Indian mythology.
*The White Dawn of the Hopi * Hopi Creation Myth * Creation Story of the Hopi:
    Hopi legends about the origin of the world and humankind.
*Kokopelli:
    Sites about the Southwestern fertility deity Kokopelli.
*How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World:
    Hopi myth cycle about the ancestral people and the Hopi mesas.
*The Hopi Boy and the Sun * Boy and the Sun:
    Hopi legends about the adventures of the Sun's son.
*A Journey To The Skeleton House:
    Hopi legend about the land of the dead.
*Son of Light Kills the Monster:
    Hopi legends about the mythical hero, Son of Light.
*The Revenge of Blue Corn Ear Maiden:
    Hopi legend about a feud between two corn maidens.
*First Journey Through Grand Canyon:
    Hopi legend about the origin of the Snake Clan.
*Migration of the Water People:
    Legend of the Walpi Hopi.
*How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun:
    Hopi legend about the origin of the sun and moon.
*Origin of the Clans:
    Legends about the various Hopi clans.
*Rooster, Mockingbird and the Maiden:
    Hopi legend about two birds contesting to win a wife.
*Wind God:
    Hopi myth about how the Little People trapped the wind.
*The Child Who Turned Into an Owl:
    Hopi myth about a neglected child who became an owl.
*The Crow and the Hawk:
    Hopi legend about an unlikely friendship.
*The Jug Boy:
    Hopi tales about a mythical pottery child.

Additional Resources

 Books of Native American legends
 Native American religions
 Hopi religion
 Hopi katsinam
 Katsina dolls



Back to the Hopi language homepage
Back to the Amerind homepage
Buy some American Indian literature



American Indian Art * American Indian Genealogy * Ataniel Fiction * American Indian Designs

Would you like to help support our organization's work with endangered American Indian languages?

or buy some books through this link:

Native Languages of the Americas website © 1998-2007 * Contacts and FAQ page