Multicultural and Indigenous Peoples Legends and Folktales Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions and Answers
Free printable traditional legends and folktales from the Native American and Indigenous Peoples cultures and from other diverse cultures around the world. Questions and answers included. Print out or use interactively online. Recommended level: 3rd or 4th Grade and up
North America
Why Bear Has a Short Tail
Iroquois Legend
How Turtle Flew South for the Winter
Sioux Legend
How the Deer Got Antlers
Cherokee Legend
How the Fly Saved the River
Anishnabe Legend
How Coyote Freed the Buffalo
Apache, Blackfoot & Comanche Legend
The Flying Bat Plays Ball
Muskogee Legend
The Magic Sea Turtle
Hawaiian Legend
The Legend of Sedna
Inuit Legend from Baffin Island
How Corn Came to Be
Choctaw Legend
The Dream Catcher
from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Canada
Why Lizards Can't Sit
African American Folktale
The Lizards' and Coyote's Slide Ride
Navajo Legend
Two Rabbits Outsmart an Owl
Inuit Legend from Canada
The Spirit of the Corn
Iroquois Legend
How Mosquitoes Came to Be
from the Tlinget Tribe of the Pacific Northwest
Why Chipmunks Have Stripes
Native American Seneca Legend
Coyote and the Milky Way
Based on a Native American Navajo Legend
Why Owls Stare (Easier)
From the Oklahoma Choctaw Nation
The Lizard and the Sun
Mexican Legend
Coyote and the Cheese
Mexican Folktale
Australia
How the Turtle Got its Shell
Folktale from Australia

Iroquois Legend

Sioux Legend

Cherokee Legend

Anishnabe Legend

Apache, Blackfoot & Comanche Legend

Muskogee Legend

Hawaiian Legend

Inuit Legend from Baffin Island

Choctaw Legend

from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Canada

African American Folktale

Navajo Legend

Inuit Legend from Canada

Iroquois Legend

from the Tlinget Tribe of the Pacific Northwest

Native American Seneca Legend

Based on a Native American Navajo Legend

From the Oklahoma Choctaw Nation

Mexican Legend

Mexican Folktale
Australia

Folktale from Australia
Africa
Thakane, the African Dragon-Slaying Princess
Legend from South Africa
How Turtle Became King
Based on an African Folktale
Turtle and the Magic Drum
Folktale from Nigeria
The Turtle and the Spider
Folktale from Ghana
The Turtle and the Birds
Legend from Ghana
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes
Legend from Uganda
Why Turtles Live in the Water
Folktale from West Africa
Asia
The Crocodile and the Monkey
Legend from India
The Lion and the Rabbit
Fable from India
The Legend of Rama and Sita
Hindu Diwali Legend
The Chinese Legend of the Zodiac
Legend from China
Why Fish Have Scales
Folktale from the Philippines
The Turtle and the Monkey
Folktale from the Philippines
Two Frogs Go to the Big City (Easier)
Based on a Japanese Legend
Europe
St. George and the Dragon
European Legend
The Fighter from Thasos
Greek Legend
The Sunflower
Greek Legend
The Dagda's Harp
Irish Legend
The Dragon of Wawel Hill
Legend from Poland
How Pussy Willows Came To Be (Easier)
Legend from Poland

Legend from South Africa

Based on an African Folktale

Folktale from Nigeria

Folktale from Ghana

Legend from Ghana

Legend from Uganda

Folktale from West Africa
Asia

Legend from India

Fable from India

Hindu Diwali Legend

Legend from China

Folktale from the Philippines

Folktale from the Philippines

Based on a Japanese Legend
Europe

European Legend

Greek Legend

Greek Legend

Irish Legend

Legend from Poland

Legend from Poland
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