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  2. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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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 ...

  3. Spider Grandmother - Wikipedia

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    In Hopi mythology, "Spider Grandmother" (Hopi Kokyangwuti) [1][3] also called "Gogyeng Sowuhti" among many other names can take the shape of an old, or timeless woman or the shape of a common spider in many Hopi stories. When she is in her spider shape, she lives underground in a hole that is like a Kiva. When she is called upon, she will help ...

  4. Ravens in Native American mythology - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Ravens in Native American mythology. The Raven sits on a frog after having rescued children from a flood. Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan -speaking peoples and others.

  5. Little people (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Native American folklore. The Native peoples of North America told legends of a race of "little people" who lived in the woods near sandy hills and sometimes near rocks located along large bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes. Often described as "hairy-faced dwarfs" in stories, petroglyph illustrations show them with horns on their head and ...

  6. Thunderbird (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Thunderbird is a Bolliger and Mabillard Launched Wing Coaster that opened at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana in 2015. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client. The Thunderbird is the cap badge and symbol of the Canadian Forces Military Police since 1968.

  7. Indigenous storytelling in North America - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous storytelling in North America. Indigenous cultures in North America engage in storytelling about morality, origin, and education as a form of cultural maintenance, expression, and activism. [ 1 ] Falling under the banner of oral tradition, it can take many different forms that serve to teach, remember, and engage Indigenous history ...

  8. Little People of the Pryor Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Little People of the Pryor Mountains (known as Nirumbee[1] or Awwakkulé[2] in the Crow language) are a race of ferocious dwarfs in the folklore of the Crow Tribe, a Native American tribe. [3][4] The Little People were also seen as imparting spiritual wisdom, and played a major role in shaping the destiny of the Crow People through the ...

  9. Folklore of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American folk music revival was a phenomenon in the United States that began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Its roots went earlier, and performers like Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Oscar Brand had enjoyed a limited general popularity in the 1930s and 1940s.