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Ojibwe myths also bring up a creature known as the Memegwaans, or Memegwaanswag (Plural), which seems to be different from the more common Little People variation of Memegwesi. According to Basil H. Johnston , a Memegwaans is a little person without definitive form which is terrified of adult humans.
Inuit legendary creatures (17 P) Iroquois legendary creatures (13 P) L. Lakota legendary creatures (2 P) Little people (mythology) (1 C, 15 P) W. Washoe legendary ...
Franz Boas identified the Kiviuk legend as one of the best known of the circumpolar Inuit adventure hunter-hero-traveler legends. [1]: 13 The best known of these is perhaps the story of Kiviuk, who went out in his kayak, and, after passing many dangerous obstructions, reached a coast, where he fell in with an old witch, who killed her visitors with her sharp tail, by sitting on them.
Crow folklore says the "Little People" live in the Pryor Mountains, a small mountain range in Carbon County, Montana and Bighorn County, Montana. [2] [3] [6] [7] Petroglyphs on rocks in the mountains, the Crow said, were made by these demon-like creatures. [6] Because the Little People live there, the mountains are sacred to the Crow. [3]
Adlet- (Inuit) Tribe of hybrid dog people birthed from a woman who married her dog. Were banished for preying on humans. Akhlut - (Inuit) Wolf-orca hybrid monster that hunts on both land and sea. Amarok- (Inuit) Giant wolf which hunts solitarily. Anubis – jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt)
Marriage between people and different species (particularly bears) is a common theme. In some stories, animals foster human children. Although most Native North American myths are profound and serious, some use light-hearted humor – often in the form of tricksters – to entertain, as they subtly convey important spiritual and moral messages.
Kangla Sha (Meitei mythology) – Dragon Lion in the Kangla Palace; Kanbo – Drought spirit; Kanedama – Money spirit; Kappa – Little people and water spirit; Kapre – Malevolent tree spirit; Karakoncolos (Bulgarian and Turkish), also in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia known as Karanđoloz – Troublesome spirit
Articles relating to the little people, part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, all around Europe, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Native Americans.