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Native American Mythology. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-12279-3. Bastian, Dawn Elaine; Judy K. Mitchell (2004). Handbook of Native American Mythology. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-533-9. Erdoes, Richard and Ortiz, Alfonso: American Indian Myths and Legends (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984) Ferguson, Diana (2001). Native American myths ...
The Myths and Legends of the North American Indians is a book written by Lewis Spence and was first published in 1914 by London George G. Harrap & Company. It contains a collection of legends and myths of different Native American tribes and 32 coloured illustrations relating to some of the stories, which were created by James Jack. [1]
The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee [1] or Awwakkulé [2] in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarfs in the folklore of the Crow Tribe, a Native American tribe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through ...
Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Many English speakers understand the terms "myth" and "mythology" to mean fictitious or imaginary . However, according to many dictionary definitions, these terms can also mean a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a group of people , and this ...
Legendary creatures of Native American mythology; ... Native American giants (13 P) I. ... (legend) Rainbow crow; Raven Mocker; S.
This story explains the reason some stars are dimmer than others, because Black God did not light the ones Coyote blew into the sky on fire. [4] In another version of the story, Black God made the Milky Way on purpose. [4] The Navajo believe it provides a pathway for the spirits traveling between heaven and earth, each little star being one ...
In Blackfoot mythology, there are legends surrounding the origins of everything because, to them, everything has an origin. Napi is featured in the origin of the wind. [1] In this legend, Napi finds two bags containing summer and winter. Napi was determined to get a hold of these bags so that he could make the two seasons of equal months. [1]
Salish Storyteller, cartoons of traditional stories with Salish sound files and English translation; search results for "Salishan legends" at native.languages.org; Creation of the animal people: Okanagan creation myth; The bear woman: Okanagan legend about a woman kidnapped by a grizzly bear; Dirty boy: Okanagan legend about a woman who married ...