Ethnic Folklore

Choose an ethnic group from the options below to see a list of folktales for that group.
African American | Dutch | Native American | Scandinavian

African American

• Wait Until Emmet Comes
  Do you really want to wait for Emmet? (West Virginia)

• Why Dog's Chase Cats
  Its a dog chase cat kind of world. (Virginia)

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Dutch

• Palatin
  A Dutch ship wrecks off Block Island. (Rhode Island)

• Spuyten Duyvil
  New Amsterdam is under attack. Can a brave trumpeter warn the people in time? (New York)

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Native American

• Coyote and the Colombia
  The origins of the Colombia River. (Washington)

• The First Tears (Eskimo)
  Eskimo tale about the origins of tears. (Alaska)

• The King of Sharks (Hawaii)
  The King of the Sharks has a mischievious son.

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Scandinavian

• Drought Buster
  Febold Feboldson busts a drought in Nebraska.

• Echoes
  A Minnesota settler longs for the echoing mountains of home.

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