Iroquois folklore

Parchment-style artwork of Aataentsic falling with the Sky Tree toward Turtle, Iroquois creation folktale.

The Sky Tree: Iroquois Folktale

by Ayomide Adekilekun

October 20, 2025

American Myths·Native American Nature & Animal Myths

In the beginning, when the world was still new and unshaped, there was only the Sky World above and the endless waters below. In that celestial realm grew a magnificent tree, called the Sky Tree, the source of life itself. Its branches shimmered with fruit of every kind, apples, berries, and gourds, ripening in colours that glowed like the dawn.

Parchment-style illustration of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in snowy woods, American folktale.

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Parchment-style artwork of Davy Crockett firing into the sunrise on a frosty Tennessee hill, American folktale scene.

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A realistic painting of an American alligator resting on a muddy riverbank at dawn, surrounded by misty wetlands and tall grasses under soft golden light.

The American Alligator Legend

In the vast marshes and slow-moving rivers of the southern United States, where the air hangs heavy with mist and the reeds

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