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Native American Legends: Atosee (A:tosi)
Name: Atosee
Tribal affiliation: Koasati,
Alabama
Alternate spellings: Atosi, A:tosi, Aatosi, Aatilhichi'kso, A:tilhicikso, Ati ilhicikso, Aatilhichikso, Atilhiciksosi,
Aatsa'wwasi hich'kso, Aatosi ilhichikso
Pronunciation: ah-toh-see
Also known as: Pygmies
Type: American Indian little people
Related figures in other tribes: Yunwi Tsunsdi (Cherokee),
Wild Indians (Catawba),
Bohpoli (Choctaw)
The Atosee are the little people of Alabama and Koasati folklore. They have peculiar powers: things that are
small and easy to humans are large and difficult to them, and things that are large and difficult to humans are
small and easy to them.
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The Pygmies:
Alabama Indian legend about the Atosee.
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Myths and Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas:
Good collection of Alabama-Coushatta legends.
Southeastern Native American Legends:
Book comparing the traditional stories of the Alabama and other Southeast tribes.
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Koasati stories
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Mississippi Indians
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