As narrativas tradicionais de Washoe incluem mitos, lendas, contos e histórias orais preservadas pelo povo Washoe do lago Tahoe e pela área circundante da Serra Nevada, no leste da Califórnia e no oeste de Nevada.
A literatura oral de Washoe está mais intimamente relacionada à dos vizinhos numerosos de Washoe (ver também narrativas tradicionais (nativas da Califórnia).)
Exemplos on-line de narrativas de washoe
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis (1926)
Fontes para narrativas de washoe
Curtis, Edward S. 1907–1930. The North American Indian. 20 vols. Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. (Five myths collected from Captain Pete, vol. 15, pp. 149–156.)Dangberg, Grace. 1927. "Washo Texts". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 22:391-443. Berkeley. (Recorded in 1919–1920.)Dangberg, Grace. 1968. Washo Tales. Nevada State Museum, Carson City.Downs, James F. 1966. The Two Worlds of the Washo: An Indian Tribe of California and Nevada. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. (General characterization of Washoe myths, pp. 60–63.)James, George Wharton. 1915. The Lake of the Sky: Lake Tahoe, in the High Sierras of California and Nevada. G. W. James, Pasadena. (Includes a version of the Theft of Fire myth, pp. 50–51.)Lowie, Robert H. 1939. "Ethnographic Notes on the Washo". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 36:301-352. Berkeley. (Myths and tales collected in 1926, pp. 333–351.)
