Native American Mythology Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Choctaw Indians of Mississippi have a fascinating ancient legend about the Nanih Waiya Cave Mound. The Indians say that their ancestors emerged from an

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast have a very complex kinship structure, demonstrated in many carvings on totem poles. A Gitxsan pole (left)

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Hopi Indians' encounter with Maasaw was very emotional and frightening. His physical appearance was so horrifying that many of the Hopi Indians

AncientPages.com - Contrary to what many think, feathers were not a sign of ranks among Native Americans. Feathers were very important to Native Americans and they served as a symbol

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - "There are stories and stories...There are the songs, also, that are taught. Some are whimsical. Some are very intense. Some are documentary. Everything

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have wonderful legends of a powerful and magnificent Thunderbird that the Gods sent to protect humans from evil. When this huge,

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In some myths of the Algonquian tribes of North America, there is a mythical creature or spirit – Wendigo - that takes different forms.

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Algonquin people were the widespread Native American nation when French and English settlers arrived in North America. In those days, they inhabited