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This is our collection of links to Shasta 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 Shasta mythology, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Karok and Hoopa tribes are very similar.
Chareya:
The great creator god of Shasta legends, often called Old Man Above or Great Man in English.
Coyote:
The culture hero of the Shasta tribe. In some Shasta stories, Coyote
plays the mischievous trickster role common in California Indian folklore, but in others, he is a more
serious protagonist who helps humanity and teaches them the arts of civilization.
Old Mole's Creation 
How Old Man Above Created The World: How Coyote Stole Fire:Why Mount Shasta Erupted:Land of the Ghost Dance:Mt. Shasta Grizzly Legend Old Man Above And The Grizzlies: How The People Got Arrowheads:Mythology of the California Tribes:Coyote Was Going There: Indian Literature of the Oregon Country:Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest: Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest:American Indian Trickster Tales:
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