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Cherokee mythology – A North American tribe that migrated from the great lakes area to the southeastern woodlands. Choctaw mythology – A North American tribe from the area of modern-day Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. Creek mythology – A North American tribe from the area of modern-day Georgia and Alabama.
King emphasizes that the Turtle Island creation story creates "a world in which creation is a shared activity...a world that begins in chaos and moves toward harmony." [15] He explains that understanding and continuing to tell this story creates a world that values these ideas and relationships with nature. Without that understanding, we fail ...
God who assisted in creation myth. Catequil: God of thunder and lightning. Cavillace: Virginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son. Cavillace's son: Son of Cavillace and Coniraya. When he was born, Cavillace demanded that the father step forward.
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1921. Lenik, Edward (2002). Picture Rocks: American Indian Rock Art in the Northeast Woodlands. UPNE. ISBN 1-58465-197-0. Weiner, Zack; Robert Red Hawk. "Creation Story
The myths of creation after an epic flood or ocean, the Earth Diver, and the Coyote as ancestor and trickster compare to Central and Northern California mythemes of Yokuts mythology, Ohlone mythology and Pomo mythology. The myths of "First People" dying out to be replaced with the Miwok people is a "deeply impressed conception" shared by ...
In the story of the 'Warm and Cold Wind People' it is said that someone, possibly Raven, ordained that the people send out the winds. [8]: 230 He appears again in the story of "The Great Flood", which accounts for the killing of the evil ancestors who used their powers to take away the sun, moon, and Dipper which were lost during the flood.
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
The North American Indian. 20 vols. Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. (Ipai version of the creation myth collected from José Bastiano Lachapa, vol. 15, pp. 121–123.) DuBois, Constance Goddard. 1901. "The Mythology of the Diegueños". Journal of American Folklore 14:181-185. (Version of the Ipai creation myth from Cinon Duro of Mesa ...