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Native American Plant Mythology
Here is our collection of Native American legends and traditional stories about plants.
American Indian Plant Mythology In Various Tribes
Native American Plant Gods and Spirits
Corn Maidens/Kachina Mana (Hopi)
Corn Mother (Wabanaki)
Deohako (Iroquois)
Mon-daw-min (Ojibwe)
Patung Kachina (Hopi)
Selu (Cherokee)
Sweet Root (Cheyenne)
Turn Over (Penobscot)
Xochipilli (Aztec)
Native American Legends About Plants
Arrowhead Finger:
Penobscot legend about a medicine spirit child who taught the people respect for plants.
The Three Sisters:
Agricultural legends from the Northeast Woodlands about the cooperation of Corn, Squash and Beans.
How Gluskabe Stole Tobacco:
Abenaki plant story about the culture hero Gluskabe bringing tobacco to the people.
Corn Mother 
The Strange Origin of Corn Kloskurbeh the Teacher:
Abenaki and Penobscot legends of how First Mother brought corn to the people.
How Bear Became Keeper of the Medicines:
Mi'kmaq legend about Bear's journey to bring healing herbs to the people.
Tree and Tradition Gluskonba Makes the People Origin of the Penobscot:
Abenaki and Penobscot folklore about the Indians being created from ash trees.
Wild Rice:
Ojibwe plant legend about the origin of wild rice.
Origin of the Trailing Arbutus:
Ottawa legend about their tribal flower.
Legend of the Potawatomi Indians: The Origin of Corn and Other Crops:
Potawatomi first plants stories.
Kanati and Selu:
Cherokee legend about the corn goddess Selu and the origin of plants.
Recommended Books of Plant Stories from Native American Myth and Legend
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Native Plant Stories:
Excellent collection of Native American stories about plants, by Abenaki storyteller Joseph Bruchac.
Song of the Seven Herbs:
Native American tales about the traditional uses of various North American herbs and flowers.
Selu and Kana'ti: Cherokee Corn Mother and Lucky Hunter:
Children's book illustrating the Cherokee myth about the origin of corn.
Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden:
Interesting book about Native American farming traditions narrated by a Hidatsa woman.
Plants of Power: Native American Ceremony and the Use of Sacred Plants:
Book about the importance of herbs and native plants to traditional Native American spirituality.
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