Why the Crow Is Black: Cherokee Folktale
In the time before memory, when the earth was still young and filled with wonder, the crow was not black as we know it
The Sky Tree: Iroquois Folktale
In the beginning, when the world was still new and unshaped, there was only the Sky World above and the endless waters below. In
The Origin of the Winds: American Folktale
In the earliest days of creation, when the world was new and the earth was still soft beneath the feet of the Holy People,
The Tale of the Wendigo
Long before the white men came with their rifles and roads, before the rivers ran with the sound of saws and iron, the Algonquin-speaking
How Coyote Brought Fire to the People: American Folktale
In the ancient lands of the Pacific Northwest, when the world was still young and the nights were bitterly cold, the people suffered without
El Chupacabra: The Goat Sucker
Long ago, when the coquí frogs still sang their ancient songs loudly through the tropical night and the moon cast silver light across the
The Tale of the Jersey Devil
Long ago, when the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey were still wilder and darker than they are today, when the twisted pines grew
The Bell Witch of Tennessee
In the early 1800s, the quiet farmlands of Robertson County, Tennessee, held a dark secret that would become one of America’s most chilling legends.
The Mothman of Point Pleasant
In the small riverside town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, life once moved quietly along the Ohio River. The townspeople worked in factories, visited
Sasq’ets: The Keeper of the Forest Shadows
Long before the iron horses roared and screamed across the land, their wheels cutting through ancient hunting grounds, before men with axes came to
