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  2. Hopi mythology - Wikipedia

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    Tawa, the sun spirit and creator in Hopi mythology. Most Hopi creation stories center around Tawa, the sun spirit. Tawa is the creator, and it was he who formed the "First World" out of Tokpella, or endless space, as well as its original inhabitants. [4]

  3. Spider Grandmother - Wikipedia

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    Spider Grandmother (Hopi Kokyangwuti, ... In this story of creation, Spider Grandmother, also called "Gogyeng Sowuhti", is the assistant of Tawa. He sends her to the ...

  4. Fifth World (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Navajo, who were neighbors of the Hopi in the southwest, borrow elements of the Pueblo people’s emergence myths in their creation stories. [6] The Navajo creation story has parallels to the Biblical book of Genesis. The early Abrahamic concept of the world is similar to the Navajo concept of the world. This world is one where the earth is ...

  5. List of creation myths - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Eototo - Wikipedia

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    Eototo is a Wuya, one of the major kachina deities of the Hopi people and the personification of nature. He is the protagonist of the Powamu ritual.. He is a chief and "father" of the katsinas, [1] second only to Angwusnasomtaka.

  7. Kachina - Wikipedia

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    When a Hopi man places a mask upon his head and wears the appropriate costume and body paint, his personal identity is lost and the spirit of the kachina he is supposed to represent takes its place. Besides the male kachinas are many female kachinas called kachin-manas, but women never take the part of male or female kachinas.

  8. The story even includes a pun about a sparrow, which served as a euphemism for female genitals. The story, which predates the Grimms' by nearly two centuries, actually uses the phrase "the sauce of Love." The Grimms didn't just shy away from the feminine details of sex, their telling of the stories repeatedly highlight violent acts against women.

  9. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    One of the most dominant trickster stories of the Plains is Old Man, about whom numerous humorous stories are told. [18] [13] The Old Man, known as Waziya, lived beneath the earth with his wife, and they had a daughter. Their daughter married the wind and had four sons: North, East, South, and West.