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* [[Continuity Snarl]]: No tribe's mythology has an established canon.
* [[Creation Myth]]: Done to hilarious extremes in that many cultures have multiple creation myths.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Uncegila, Uncegila, Uncegila. For those not familiar, Uncegila is a sea monster whose look can kill. Initially, the victim is [[Eye Scream|blinded]]. A day later, he [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|goes mad]]. Two days later, he's foaming at the mouth. A day after that, he dies, and [[It Got Worse|his whole family dies]]. Two orphan brothers, one of whom was blind, killed Uncegila using special arrows that never missed. After that, they were instructed to not listen to it for its first three requests and then do whatever it said from then on. In doing so, they would get whatever they asked. Every day, it came up with more complicated ceremonies, though, and [[Boring Invincible Hero|life became boring, getting whatever they wanted]], so they stopped listening to it, and it exploded.
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Iktomi. Oddly, his most depraved behavior is with women.
* [[Did Godzilla Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: Wakinyan versus Unktehi. Bonus points because the Unktehi and Uncegila have a water motif.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: Winkte (with the double woman) and heyoka (with the Wakinyan) do this in their visions.
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: Since plains warriors have a habit of [[Calling Your Attacks|announcing their deeds]], they tend to do this when fighting monsters too.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: While the [[Did Godzilla Just Punch Out Cthulhu|Wakinyan take out the Unktehi]], humans take out Uncegila.
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** In some versions, he borrows someone else's.
* [[Genius Loci]]: Constantly. Many areas are sacred or taboo because of such.
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]: In more modern stories, people with the power to see the future tend to see white contact and do this.
* [[Hijacked by Jesus]]: To use a Lakota example, Wakinyan (thunder) became angels, Wohpe became the Virgin Mary, and the Pipe became Christ. Many Indians follow a mixture of tradition, Christianity, the peyote ceremony (largely Christian-based), and the Ghost Dance (which has Mormon influences).
* [[Ho Yay]]: Look up 'winkte'. Also other examples.
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* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: Common to any origin tales.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Are you a plains Indian male with a traditional haircut? This is you.
* [[Biggus Dickus]]
* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: The "matriarchal" Sioux when complete matriarchy doesn't exist.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: The [[Origin Story]] of [[wikipedia:Devils Tower National Monument|Devil's Tower]] in Wyoming involves one or more gigantic bears trying to kill frightened children and the Creator raising the tower up under the kids to save them.
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