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  2. Medicine man - Wikipedia

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    A medicine man (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini) or medicine woman (from Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe) is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Each culture has its own name in its language for spiritual healers and ceremonial leaders.

  3. Category : Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of ...

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    Pages in category "Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. List of Native American deities - Wikipedia

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    Tribe or group Deity or spirit Notes Inca: Apu: God or spirit of mountains. All of the important mountains have their own Apu, and some of them receive sacrifices to bring out certain aspects of their being. Some rocks and caves also are

  5. Native American religions - Wikipedia

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    Native American religions were prevalent in the pre-Columbian era, including state religions.Common concept is the supernatural world of deities, spirits and wonders, such as the Algonquian manitou or the Lakotaʼs wakan, [19] [20] [9] as well as Great Spirit, [21] Fifth World, world tree, and the red road among many Indians.

  6. Anishinaabe traditional beliefs - Wikipedia

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    In Anishinaabe traditional stories, Nanabush, Amik (beaver), and Nokomis (grandmother figure) are important characters. [5] Anishinaabe stories feature activities and actions involving generation, an important concept among Anishinaabe peoples such as participating in ceremonies, experimenting with new ideas and people, and reflecting on the ...

  7. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Cardea, goddess of health, thresholds and door hinges and handles; Carna, goddess who presided over the heart and other organs; Endovelicus, god of public health and safety; Febris, goddess who embodied and protected people from fever and malaria; Feronia, goddess of wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance

  8. List of Australian Aboriginal mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Tjilpa-men, significant mythic figures Aranda, Anmatyerre, Kaytetye, Ngalia, Ilpara and Kukatja stories. Tjilpa is the Arrernte word for quoll. Tjinimin, the ancestor of the Australian people. He is associated with the bat and with Kunmanggur the rainbow serpent - per the Murinbata; Ulanji, snake ancestor of the Binbinga; Wala, solar goddess

  9. Ojibwe religion - Wikipedia

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    [29] [a] These have been described as "spirits", [32] or "spiritual beings", [33] while the scholar of religion Theresa S. Smith called them "the power beings of the Ojibwe cosmos". [5] The most powerful of these manitouk were the four winds, the underwater serpents, the thunderbirds, the owners of various animal species, the windigo, and ...