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Native American Legends and Stories About Wishing
Here is our collection of Native American legends and traditional stories about wishes.
Native American Wish Spirits
Native American Wish Stories
Gluskonba and the Four Wishes 
The First Pine Trees The Fearful Warrior Glooskap Grants Three Wishes
The Sun's Wishes Spirit Rock The Legend of Spirit Rock:
Algonquian legends in which the culture hero grants the wishes of different people, but careless or greedy wishes turn out badly for the wisher.
The Legend of Spirit Rock:
Menominee legend about a man who wished for too much and was turned into a rock.
The Girls Who Wished to Marry Stars Women Who Married Star Husbands:
Chippewa and Micmac Indian legends about two girls who live to regret their wishes coming true.
The Men Who Visited the Sun:
Potawatomi legend about a group of men who ask the Sun to grant their wishes.
Rabbit's Wish For Snow:
Narragansett legend about how Rabbit getting into trouble with a careless wish.
The Snake With Big Feet:
Blackfoot legend about the Sun granting a snake's wish to become human.
Gluskabe and the Four Wishes Nanobosho Grants A Wish:
Children's books based on Native American legends where four people are granted wishes, but not all their wishes turn out as they hoped.
Rabbit's Wish For Snow:
Picture book by a Narragansett author about Rabbit becoming stuck by wishing for snow.
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