Pacific Northwest legend

Parchment-style artwork of Coyote stealing fire from the mountain sisters, Native American folktale

How Coyote Brought Fire to the People: American Folktale

by Ayomide Adekilekun

October 20, 2025

American Myths·Native American Nature & Animal Myths

In the ancient lands of the Pacific Northwest, when the world was still young and the nights were bitterly cold, the people suffered without fire. They shivered under the stars, unable to cook their food or keep the darkness at bay. Fire existed, yes, but it belonged only to three powerful sisters who lived high upon a mountain, where smoke

Parchment-style artwork of Raven releasing the Sun and Moon into the sky, Haida folktale scene.

American Myths·Native American Sun, Moon & Star Myths

The Theft of the Sun and the Moon

In the time before time, when the earth was still covered in endless night, the people of the Pacific Northwest lived in perpetual darkness. The forests stood silent, and the rivers whispered under the shroud of shadow. No Sun, no Moon, no Stars brightened the world, for the Great Chief,

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

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Strength, Teamwork, and the Power of Legend

Long ago, in the rugged northern forests of America, where towering pines whispered to the wind and the snow stretched farther than

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

Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Boasting and Humor

In the early days of the American frontier, when the land stretched wild and untamed across Tennessee, there lived a man whose

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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