# Old Indian Legends — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Old Indian Legends by Zitkála-Šá.

- [Old Indian Legends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/old-indian-legends.md): A collection of traditional Dakota stories featuring the trickster figure Iktomi, exploring themes of deception, transformation, and cultural values through various adventures and moral lessons.
- [Iktomi and the Ducks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-and-the-ducks.md): Iktomi, a mischievous spider fairy, tricks a group of ducks by pretending to carry songs in his blanket. He builds a straw hut and convinces the ducks to dance with their eyes closed, then twists their heads and breaks t
- [Iktomi's Blanket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-s-blanket.md): Iktomi, hungry and cold, prays to Inyan, the great stone grandfather, for food and offers his blanket as a gift. After receiving a freshly wounded deer as an answer, he regrets giving away his blanket when night falls an
- [Iktomi and the Muskrat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-and-the-muskrat.md): Iktomi is eating boiled fish alone when a muskrat appears and, following custom, expects an invitation to share the meal. Instead of offering hospitality, Iktomi proposes a race with a stone on his back to decide who get
- [Iktomi and the Coyote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-and-the-coyote.md): Iktomi discovers a seemingly dead coyote on the prairie and carries it home to roast for his evening meal. However, the coyote is only pretending to be dead and, after being thrown into the fire, leaps out and escapes, l

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- [Iktomi and the Fawn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-and-the-fawn.md)
- [The Badger and the Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/the-badger-and-the-bear.md)
- [The Tree-Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/the-tree-bound.md)
- [Shooting of the Red Eagle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/shooting-of-the-red-eagle.md)
- [Iktomi and the Turtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iktomi-and-the-turtle.md)
- [Dance in a Buffalo Skull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/dance-in-a-buffalo-skull.md)
- [The Toad and the Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/the-toad-and-the-boy.md)
- [Iya, the Camp-Eater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/iya-the-camp-eater.md)
- [Manštin, the Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/man-tin-the-rabbit.md)
- [The Warlike Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/chapters/the-warlike-seven.md)

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