Mythology and Folklore 2020

Legend of the Head of Gold Characters: The father The mother The four sons In this story, the youngest son is the focus Wakantanka - according to Wikipedia, Wakantanka (or Wakan Tanka) is a Lakota term for something sacred or divine, usually translated is "The Great Spirit" or "The Great Mystery." It doesn't seem to refer to any single deity Wakantanka's friends The horse the youngest son escapes with Plot: A man and his wife have four sons, they are all very poor and it seems like the sons are wasting away because of that. The man tells his wife that he does not want his youngest son to die of poverty, so they should take him to Wakantanka to be raised, and the woman agrees. They set off for the "Darkening Land" (I can't find an explanation for what that is online, but I think it's some kind of spiritual plane or underworld) to look for Wakantanka. A stranger appears to them and asks what they're seeking. The man...

In this story, I'm not really sure about the grizzly's motivations. He's just walking along, and sees Buffalo Bull, and decides to antagonize him. What for? To start a fight? He claims that the buffalo had been walking around, saying he wanted to fight him, and the buffalo seems very confused about that. The bear beats him up a little, and starts to leave, and as the buffalo is considering whether he should strike back, the bear comes back again for another fight. I literally have no idea why here, I can't imagine why the bear keeps trying to start something with the buffalo, unless he's really that bored. The buffalo finally fights back, after a few more times of this back and forth, and he goes to push the bear off a cliff, and manages to do so, but his momentum sends him flying over the edge. The bear lands safely in a thicket, and when the buffalo finally comes back, he says they should be friends. Since I don't know the reason the bear started the fight i...