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Native Languages of the Americas:
Osage Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Osage 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 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 Osages, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Omaha-Ponca and Kansa tribes are very similar.

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

Osage Indian Folklore

*Children of the Sun:
    Osage legend about the creation of the earth.
*The Fatal Swing:
    Osage legend about a wicked mother-in-law.
*The Spider and the People:
    Story about how the spider came to be an Osage symbol.
*Wisdom of the Willow Tree:
    Osage legend about a young man learning wisdom.

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