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This is our collection of links to Shoshone folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American mythology 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 Shoshones, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Comanche and Paiute tribes are very similar.
Issa/Wolf:
Creator and culture hero of the Shoshone tribe. Like other figures from the Shoshone mythic age,
Wolf is usually represented as a man, but sometimes takes on the literal form of a wolf.
Coyote:
Wolf's younger brother, Coyote is a trickster figure. Though he often assists his brother
and sometimes even does good deeds for the people, Coyotes behavior is so irresponsible
and frivolous that he is constantly getting himself and those around him into trouble.
Nimerigar:
A violent race of magical little people who were said to kill and eat people.
Western Shoshoni Myths:Wolf Tricks the Trickster:The White Trail In The Sky:Queen of Death Valley:The Wolf, the Fox, the Bobcat and the Cougar:Pachee Goyo: History and Legends from the Shoshone:Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies:
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