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This is our collection of links to Kato folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American stories section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same story 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 Katos, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Hupa and Wailaki tribes are very similar.
Nagaicho (also spelled Nagaitco or Naaghaichow):
The great Creator God of Kato mythology.
Coyote (Ch'siitcing in the Kato language, also spelled Tseching):
The trickster character of Kato folklore. Kato stories about Coyote range
from light-hearted tales of mischief and buffoonery, to more serious legends about the nature of the world, to ribald jokes.
Kato Creation Myth 
The Earth Dragon:Cahto Stories:Stories of the Cahto Tribe:God Had A Dog:Mythology of the California Tribes:Kato Texts:
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