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Skin-walker. This article is about the figure of Native American legend. For other uses, see Skin-walker (disambiguation). In Navajo culture, a skin-walker (Navajo: yee naaldlooshii) is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. The term is never used for healers.
Wechuge. Wendigo. Categories: Native American religion. North American demons. South American demons. Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America. Indigenous South American legendary creatures.
Download QR code; Wikidata item; ... Legendary creatures of Native American mythology; Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 ...
Coyote canoeing, in a traditional story. Coyote is a mythological character common to many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of North America, based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic, although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow ...
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.
e. 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 ...
In Lakota mythology, Iktómi is a spider - trickster spirit, and a culture hero for the Lakota people. Alternate names for Iktómi include Ikto, Ictinike, Inktomi, Unktome, and Unktomi. These names are due to the differences in languages between different indigenous nations, as this spider deity was known throughout many of North America's tribes.
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 ...