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The tribes are represented by their totems: marten, bear, man and catfish, led by the crane. Lines running from the heart and eye of each animal to the heart and eye of the crane denote that they are all of one mind; and a line runs from the eye of the crane to the lakes, shown in the «map» in the lower left-hand corner.
Xianhe Tongzi. Xianhe Tongzi, also known as Baihe Tongzi (Chinese: 白鶴童子; lit. 'White Crane Immortal Boy'), is a Chinese deity who is worshipped in temples and shrines as a spiritual power for getting rid of negative forces, as well as a deity of bravery, determination, and intelligence. [1]
Chang An-lo (Chinese: 張安樂; pinyin: Zhāng Ānlè; born 13 March 1948), also known as the White Wolf (白狼; Bái Láng), is a Taiwanese Chinese ultranationalist, organized crime figure, entrepreneur, and politician.
Hugh Monroe (1798-1892) was a Canadian trapper, guide, and interpreter. He worked for Hudson's Bay Company, American Fur Company, and independently throughout his life.He traveled with Chief Lone Walker of the Piikani Nation and was given the name "Rising Wolf" (Mah-kwi-i-po-ats – Wolf Rising), an ancestor of Lone Walker, with Rising Wolf Mountain later named after him.
[11] [17] The only other very large, long-legged white birds in North America are: the great egret, which is over a foot (30 cm) shorter and one-seventh the weight of this crane; the great white heron, which is a morph of the great blue heron in Florida; and the wood stork. All three other birds are at least 30% smaller than the whooping crane.
For the Huron chief, see Walk-in-the-Water. Myeerah Born c. 1758 Died February 1816 (aged 57–58) Resting place Zanesfield, Ohio, U.S. Other names Myeerah Zane White Crane Walk-in-the-Water Title Princess Myeerah Spouse Isaac Zane (m. 1777) Children 7 Parent Chief Tarhe (father) Myeerah also known as "Princess Myeerah", "White Crane", and "Walk-in-the-Water" (c. 1758 – February 1816) was a ...
The Two-Legged Wolf, English translation, 1894, from Archive.org; The most popular was his children's book, Cranes Flying South, telling the story of a crane migrating from the Ostashkov swamps to the Upper Nile. The book combined an interesting story, geographic descriptions of the places the crane flew and illustrations by the author. [6]
The Battle of White Wolf Mountain was seen as the genesis point for the Wuhuan's decline, eventually destroying both their identity and ability to remain politically independent, and despite them continuing to exist under different names until the 10th century, the Wuhuan ceased to be viewed as an independent people of the northern frontiers of ...