Myths

Enter into these myths and stories, a strange and fascinating world filled with mystical birds, shape-changing animals, and a dazzling cast of characters. The Indigenous myth-world is one where everything – trees, rocks, lakes and rivers, animals and humans – plays its own vital role in Creation, where all share the joy and responsibility of caring for the world with which they have been blessed. Click through the links to the left to see how these marvelous tales explain how the world came to be and where it may be going.

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