Iktomi and the Ducks, The Lakota Legend which inspired "Singing Ducks"


Source: Wikipedia Yellow Shirt in 1898

Noelia's contribution

As expressed in the foreword of the book "When Chicken Fly" "Singing Ducks", the first story in the book, is inspired by a Lakota legend, "Iktomi and the Ducks", a spider-trickster, persuades some gullible ducks to enter his hut and then kill them for dinner.

In the following links, you can find more information related to this legend and the so-called "Lakota Legend"

> Iktomi and the Ducks - a Lakota Legend on First People of America and Canada - Turtle Island.

> Lakota people on Wikipedia

> Lakota Mythology on Wikipedia

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