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Michigan Folktales

Collected by: University of Michigan, School of Information

Archived since: Feb, 2015

Description:

This collection contains websites documenting folktales of the State of Michigan. These range from Native American legends to urban legends and ghost stories.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Society & Culture Folktales Folklore Urban folklore Indians of North America--Folklore Folklore--Michigan

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Title: Michigan Folklore at Americanfolklore.net

URL: http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/united-states-folklore/michigan-folklore/

Description: Americanfolklore.net is the website of storyteller and folklorist S.E. Schlosser. This section of the site collects just the material from the state of Michigan.

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Subject:   Folklore Folklore--Michigan Folktales

Title: Legends, Myths and Fables from Around the World

URL: http://ourstoryworld.com/2012/03/05/native-american-myths-28-the-legend-of-mackinac-island/

Description: This site includes different Native American myths including the "Legend of Mackinac Island" and "The Magician of Lake Huron."

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Subject:   Ojibwa Indians Folklore--Michigan Mackinac Island (Mich.)

Title: The Mysterious Lake Michigan Triangle

URL: http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/id199.html

Description: This site discusses the disappearance of The Thomas Hume, Rosa Belle, O.M. McFarland, St. Albans, Mary McLane, And Northwestern flight 2501.

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Subject:   Great Lakes(North America) Folklore--Michigan Ships

Title: Ghost Stories in Michigan

URL: http://www.angelfire.com/crazy2/dhsjfhsdhfkjlsdhf/

Description: This site documents ghost stories in Michigan.

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Title: Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan - True Ghost Stories

URL: http://www.ghosm.com/truestories.htm

Description: The Ghost Hunters of Southern Michigan are a group of ghost hunters who investigate paranormal activity in the region. Their "True Ghost Stories" page collects accounts of Michigan ghosts submitted by visitors to their site.

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Subject:   Ghost stories, American--Michigan Folklore--Michigan

Title: The Bloodstoppers of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

URL: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2014/04/18/bloodstoppers-michigans-upper-peninsula/

Description: This site discuses the bloodstopers of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan

Title: Michigan Dogman, Mysterious Upright Canine Creature, Haunts State's Backwoods

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/michigan-dogman-upright-canine_n_2019442.html

Description: This site showcases the Michigan Dogman legend that was propagated by a WTCM radio broadcast on April 1, 1987 in Traverse City.

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan Loup-garou(Tale) Werewolves--America

URL: http://www.michigan-dogman.com/Media/D2-BTS.mp4

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Title: The Legend of Michigan's Dogman

URL: http://www.michigan-dogman.com/Pages/encindex.html

Description: This site is about the legacy of one of Michigan's most famous folk tales, the Michigan Dogman

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan

Title: Legends and Supernatural Lore of Michigan

URL: http://www.michigansotherside.com/legends/

Description: Michigan's Otherside contains articles on a variety of topics related to "the strange, spooky, and unusual in Michigan." Most of the site is beyond the scope of this collection, but the "Legends" page contains all articles containing accounts of local folktales.

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan Folktales

Title: Miami-Illinois Indian Beliefs- Folklore

URL: http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/be_folk.html

Description: This site is a collection of folktales from the Miami-Illinois Indian Tribe, a tribe native to Michigan, collected by the Illinois State Museum.

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Subject:   Native American Legends

Title: Native Languages of the Americas: Nanaboozhoo Stories and other Potawatomi Legends

URL: http://www.native-languages.org/potawatomi-legends.htm

Description: This resource offers Native American Legends and folktales from Native American tribes native to Michigan. This site includes information about mythological figures and actual folklore.

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Subject:   Native American Legends

Title: Myths and Legends of Our Own Land

URL: http://www.sacred-texts.com/ame/lol/lol205.htm

Description: This site includes the story of "The Nain Rouge" (Red Dwarf) that terrorized the straits around Detroit for early settlers.

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan Presque Isle County (Mich.)

Title: Weird Michigan

URL: http://www.weirdmichigan.com/

Description: This site discusses different Michigan legends.

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan, Ghost stories--Michigan

Title: Family Stories- 300 years of Oral Tradition

URL: https://storiesfrommimi.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/theodore-halls-loup-garou-the-werewolf-of-grosse-pointe/

Description: This is a blog created by Mimi Fuger to tell her family's stories that pertain to Michigan Folktales

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Subject:   Folklore--Michigan

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