Native American Mythology Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cedar is considered the most sacred tree in Native American beliefs. Cedar holds significant importance in Native American traditions as a ceremonial plant.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Depending on the vagaries of the weather and limited rainfall, some areas usually experience periodic droughts, while others receive some more moisture. Farmers,
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Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com - Belief in the existence of the Little People is not limited to a particular region of the world. We encounter fascinating stories of enigmatic
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have kept their memories of star people alive. Many tribes say they believe visitors from the stars are as real as
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Coyote is an adorable character one encounters in many Native American myths and legends. Sometimes, Coyote is presented as a tricker, while the animal
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many Native American tribes have legends about secret underground worlds their ancestors once inhabited. In some accounts, these subterranean realms are so pleasant
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Apache people, a North American Indian tribe say they received their wisdom, skills, and laws from a mysterious individual whom they refer
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is something special and fascinating about Kokopelli, the Native American trickster god. Known under various names among several Native American tribes and sometimes
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – She is long gone, but the Cherokee have kept the legend of Spearfinger alive. She was an ancient, evil witch who used her
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In mythologies of many ancient cultures, there is a male figure known as a trickster. Occasionally, this figure has also a nickname 'rogue', 'prankster,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like all other Native American tribes, the Iroquois have a myth that explains why there is both good and evil in this world.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Iroquois have an interesting legend about a horrifying flying that terrorized people for no apparent reason. This was no ordinary head of
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Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - In Cherokee beliefs, the Sun and Moon, the ancient world, and the first man and woman were all created by a number of
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Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - There are many interesting and dangerous creatures in Cherokee mythology. One of them is the raven mocker and another one is the body
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jeramy Neugin - AncientPages.com - The Cherokee used the spirits of their ancestors as talismans of protection against harm. After the home was smoked, dirt from the family
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For the Navajo and other tribes of the Southwest, the tales of skinwalkers are not only legends. Navajo people are reluctant to reveal skin-walker
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Among Native Americans, the Apotamkin is a dangerous sea creature lurking along Passamaquoddy Bay's coast between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pamola is a snowbird spirit in the mythology of Abenaki (Penobscot), indigenous peoples in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. In ancient beliefs
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Among the Native Americans there are many fascinating myths describing how life merged on our planet. One very beautiful myth tells about a remarkable
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like many other characters encountered in Native American mythology, Heyoka teaches us valuable life lessons. Heyoka is an entertaining figure; everything this creature does
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like many other mythological tricksters, Iktomi finds himself in constant trouble. He is very destructive, primarily to himself. Iktomi likes to play games
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Native Americans have many very intriguing stories about beings who they encountered. These creatures are often very unusual in their appearance and they mostly
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - The Zuni people made beautiful things from silver and had a rich cultural tradition, but were primarily farmers. How then did these Pueblo people
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Depictions of the mysterious giant Piasa bird can be found on a limestone bluff overlooking the Mississippi. Native American legends tell this creature
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Cherokee recall a white-skinned race that lived on their lands before they arrived. This group of very unusual beings was known as the
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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
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Native Americans of the Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, and Arapaho have a rich oral tradition of a race of tiny people, commonly known as
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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)
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - This Cherokee tale is interesting because it relates a philosophy of life which was practiced by many Native Americans. They used every part of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Coyote, the trickster-god, is a well-known figure in myths and legends of Indigenous peoples of North America. Coyote, a mischievous, cunning, and destructive
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Ancient History Facts
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
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Eagle and the Condor prophecy is a beautiful and interesting legend that reveals future changes in our society. It’s not only a
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Civilizations
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
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Austrian J.F Blumrich - a friend of the White Bear, an old and wise member of the Hopi Tribal Council - documented
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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,
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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.
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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
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Numerous mythical stories explain Earth's creation and how it came to be. Among the Algonquian folktales and traditional stories, which belong to 35
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Ancient Mysteries
AncientPages.com - Many people consider Mt. Shasta to be one of the most sacred places on Earth. This majestic mountain - a part of the Cascade Mountain Range, located
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