How Cha’-ka The Tule-wren Shot Out The Sun – Olamentko Indian Tale

Another tale with the sun, this one involving it being extinguished. The tale is taken from The Dawn Of The World Myths And Tales Of The Miwok Indians Of California.

How Cha’-ka The Tule-wren Shot Out The Sun

A Tale of the Olamentko Indians of Bodega Bay

Personages
O’-ye the Coyote-man
Cha’-ka the Tule-wren, a poor orphan boy
Koo-loo’-pe the Hummingbird

Cha’-ka [...]

The Cat Which Could Not Be Killed – An Indian Fairy Tale

Inspired by the seemingly magical nature of the cats in the previous post regarding cats and the weather, I looked up some cat fairy tales. Below is taken from Indian Fairy Tales by Maive Stokes.

The Cat Which Could Not Be Killed.

There were once a dog and a cat, who were always quarrelling. The dog [...]