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Parchment-style artwork of the Snow Woman on a frozen river guiding a traveller, French-American folktale scene

The Snow Woman: American Folktale of the Northern Winter

October 21, 2025

American Seasonal Traditions·American Traditions & Beliefs

In the frozen wilderness of the Upper Great Lakes, where icy winds sweep through pine forests and snow blankets the world in white silence, tales of the Snow Woman have drifted through generations of French-American voyageurs and Métis settlers. Among them, this winter folktale holds both awe and fear, a

Parchment-style artwork of Brer Rabbit stuck to the Tar Baby while Brer Fox watches, African American folktale scene.

How the Rabbit Got His Tricks: A Lesson on Wit and Survival in African American Folklore

October 21, 2025

African American Folktales·American Folktales

In the warm countryside of the old American South, where pine trees whispered and fields shimmered in the sun, there lived a clever creature known to all as Brer Rabbit. He was small and quick, with bright eyes that always seemed to be plotting something. Though many animals were stronger,

Parchment-style artwork of Jack holding a glowing turnip lantern on a misty road, American folktale scene.

The Jack-o’-Lantern and the Devil: American Folktale of Halloween Origins

October 21, 2025

American Seasonal Traditions·American Traditions & Beliefs

In the misty hills of New England and the shadowed valleys of the Appalachians, old Irish immigrants shared tales beside crackling fires each Halloween night. Among them was one story that sent both laughter and shivers through the room, the story of Jack, a man so cunning that he managed

A semi-realistic painting inspired by Algonquin legend, showing a young woman standing quietly by a twilight river.

N-Dam-Keno-Wet: Water Spirit Legend

October 21, 2025

Native American Beings

The river behind Kitigan Zibi had always carried stories. Long before the roads were paved or the town had its current name, before the logging camps and the bridges, the water had flowed through this land, winding between birch and cedar, carving its path through stone and memory. Evelyn’s grandmother

Parchment-style artwork of an Ozark healer tying red threads by a river, American folktale scene.

The Ozark Witch Doctor’s Knot: American Folktale of Healing and Protection

October 21, 2025

American Folk Magic & Healing·American Traditions & Beliefs

High in the mist-covered ridges of the Ozark Mountains, where winding rivers cut through thick forests and the air hums with cicadas, the people once trusted in more than just herbs and medicine. They believed in the power of the knot, a sacred act that bound sickness, fear, or bad luck,

A realistic painting of a tense nighttime desert scene where a Navajo police officer, Maria Yazzie, stands aiming her gun at a towering, wolf-like Skinwalker with glowing red eyes. The officer’s patrol car glows behind her, headlights and red-blue lights cutting through the dark, rocky landscape as dust swirls between them.

The Skinwalker of Black Mesa

October 21, 2025

Native American Beings

The desert night around Black Mesa was still too still. The kind of silence that presses against your ears and makes you aware of your own heartbeat. Officer Maria Yazzie of the Navajo Nation Police had driven these roads her entire life, first as a child beside her grandmother, then

Parchment-style artwork of a Pennsylvania Dutch healer praying over a wound, American folktale scene

The Braucherei “Powwow” Healing Prayer: American Folktale of Faith and Cure

October 21, 2025

American Folk Magic & Healing·American Traditions & Beliefs

In the quiet farmlands of Pennsylvania, where morning mist drifts over wooden barns and church bells echo through rolling valleys, a sacred practice once thrived among the Pennsylvania Dutch, descendants of German immigrants who carried their faith, language, and healing traditions across the Atlantic. This practice was called Braucherei, or Powwow,

a young boy holding a rifle on the Chickamauga battlefield.

The Little Soldier of Chickamauga

October 21, 2025

American Legends·American War Legends

The morning air over the valley of Chickamauga was heavy and still, as if the land itself held its breath. Mist drifted above the tall grass, and the soft murmur of the Chickamauga Creek echoed through the trees. It was September of 1863, and the hills of northern Georgia were

A dramatic digital painting of the Thunderbird flying through a storm over the Pacific coast, lightning flashing across dark clouds and waves below, with “oldfolktales.com” subtly written at the bottom.

The Thunderbird: Ancient Makah Legend

October 21, 2025

Native American Beings

The storm rolled in from the sea like a living thing black clouds twisting and folding upon themselves, flashing with veins of white fire. Fishermen along the coast of Neah Bay hauled in their nets and hurried toward the docks, muttering prayers in the language of their grandfathers. To them,

Parchment-style artwork of a Hoodoo root doctor with glowing black cat bone, African-American folktale scene

The Black Cat Bone and the Lucky Hand: American Hoodoo Folktale

October 21, 2025

American Folk Magic & Healing·American Traditions & Beliefs

In the Deep South of America, where the warm air hums with cicadas and the rivers carry stories as old as the land itself, the practice of Hoodoo thrived among African-American communities. Hoodoo, a blend of African spirituality, Native herbal lore, and Christian prayer, was not merely a set of

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The Snow Woman: American Folktale of the Northern Winter

How the Rabbit Got His Tricks: A Lesson on Wit and Survival in African American Folklore

The Jack-o’-Lantern and the Devil: American Folktale of Halloween Origins

N-Dam-Keno-Wet: Water Spirit Legend

The Ozark Witch Doctor’s Knot: American Folktale of Healing and Protection

The Skinwalker of Black Mesa

The Braucherei “Powwow” Healing Prayer: American Folktale of Faith and Cure

The Little Soldier of Chickamauga

The Thunderbird: Ancient Makah Legend

The Black Cat Bone and the Lucky Hand: American Hoodoo Folktale

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