Myths and Legends of the Great Plains: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains, credited to Katharine Berry Judson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson. Read in English by Kyle Van DeGlast Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from - (Summary by Kyle Van De Glast)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
• Author credits: Katharine Berry Judson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 73
• Listed recording duration: 3:09:57

Catalogue topics

• Native American
• Dakota
• cherokee
• omaha
• lakota
• teton
• kansa
• yankton

Opening tracks: first 24 of 73

1. 00 - Bianki's Vision / Preface — 6:15
2. 01 - The Creation - Osage — 3:04
3. 02 - How the World was Made - Cherokee — 4:42
4. 03 - The Flood and the Rainbow - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) — 1:44
5. 04 - The First Fire - Cherokee — 3:25
6. 05 - The Ancestors of People - Osage — 0:51
7. 06 - Origin of Strawberries - Cherokee — 1:35
8. 07 - Sacred Legend - Omaha — 4:27
9. 08 - The Legend of the Peace Pipes - Omaha — 2:51
10. 09 - A Tradition of the Calumet - Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) — 1:42
11. 10 - The Sacred Pole - Omaha — 3:08
12. 11 - Ikto and the Thunders - Teton — 1:09
13. 12 - The Thunder Bird - Commanche — 1:00
14. 13 - The Thunder Bird - Assiniboin — 0:46
15. 14 - Song to the Thunder Gods - Omaha — 0:56
16. 15 - Songs of the Buffalo Hunt - Sioux — 0:51
17. 16 - Origin of the Buffalo - Teton — 2:02
18. 17 - The Buffalo Being - Teton — 1:35
19. 18 - The Youth and the Underground People - Omaha — 10:42
20. 19 - The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear - Omaha — 3:04
21. 20 - My First Buffalo Hunt - Omaha — 2:58
22. 21 - Bird Omens - Sioux — 1:22
23. 22 - The Bird Chief - Omaha — 0:57
24. 23 - Song of the Birds - Pawnee — 1:21

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