Homeschool Consultant and Educating your child at home: &quot;Man Who Killed and Ate the Spirit Raccoon,&quot; &quot;Spirit Horses on Horse Hill,&quot; &quot;Flying Skull,&quot; &quot;Big Beaver,&quot; &quot;Girl Whose Lover Went to War&quot;...

&quot;Man Who Killed and Ate the Spirit Raccoon,&quot; &quot;Spirit Horses on Horse Hill,&quot; &quot;Flying Skull,&quot; &quot;Big Beaver,&quot; &quot;Girl Whose Lover Went to War&quot;...

... "Rattlesnake Myth," "Wakanda Loses Lake," "Wakanda Annoyed by Rabbit," "Thunderbird Roost," and "Girl Who Married a Sky Man" — Native American myths named on this map of Lake Mendota, drawn in 1948 by a student of a University of Wisconsin professor, to go with his booklet "Lake Mendota Indian Legends."

I first saw the map at "Daily diversion: See how Madison's lakes changed changed since 19th century, in photos" (Wisconsin State Journal).

And here's the booklet!

Lake Mendota was called Wonk-sheck-ho-mik-la — "the lake where the Indian lies."

"Manitou" = a spirit.

Lake Mendota this morning at dawn...

&amp;quot;Man Who Killed and Ate the Spirit Raccoon,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Spirit Horses on Horse Hill,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Flying Skull,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Big Beaver,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Girl Whose Lover Went to War&amp;quot;...

"Man Who Killed and Ate the Spirit Raccoon," "Spirit Horses on Horse Hill," "Flying Skull," "Big Beaver," "Girl Whose Lover Went to War"...