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There are numerous different myphologies of the Indigenous peoples of South America. [ 50 ] Brazilian mythology – the subset of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements of diverse origin found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples, and entities. Chaná mythology – the folk tales and ...
Underwater Panther, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian An underwater panther, called Mishipeshu (in Ojibwe syllabics: ᒥᔑᐯᔓ) or Mishibijiw (in syllabics: ᒥᔑᐱᒋᐤ) in Ojibwe (IPA: [mɪʃʃɪbɪʑɪw]), is one of the most important of several mythical water beings among many Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region ...
Spearfinger, or U'tlun'ta', is a monster and witch in Cherokee legend, said to live along the eastern side of Tennessee and western part of North Carolina. [ 1 ]U'tlun'ta is Cherokee for "the one with the pointed spear”. Her right forefinger resembles a spear or obsidian knife, which she uses to cut her victims.
Mesoamerican legendary creatures (3 C, 2 P) Categories: Legendary creatures by continent. North American mythology. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
Choctaw mythology is part of the culture of the Choctaw, a Native American tribe originally occupying a large territory in the present-day Southeastern United States: much of the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. In the 19th century, the Choctaw were known to European Americans as one of the " Five Civilized Tribes " even though ...
A Pukwudgie, also spelled Puk-Wudjie (another spelling, Puck-wudj-ininee, is translated by Henry Schoolcraft as "little wild man of the woods that vanishes"), [1] is a human-like creature of Wampanoag folklore, found in Delaware, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Indiana and Massachusetts, sometimes said to be two to three feet (0.61 to 0.91 m) tall.
According to a legend, J. C. Brown was a British prospector who discovered a lost underground city beneath Mount Shasta in 1904. [ 11 ] Brown had been hired by the Lord Cowdray Mining Company of England to prospect for gold and discovered a cave which sloped downward for 11 miles (18 km). In the cave, he found an underground village filled with ...
ᏗᎵᏍᏙᏗ "dilsdohdi" [1] the "water spider" is said to have first brought fire to the inhabitants of the earth in the basket on her back. [2]Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina (the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...