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Okaga - Fertility spirit of the south winds. Wiyohipeyata - The wind Spirit of the west who oversees endings and nighttime occurrences. Wiyohiyanpa, or Yanpa - The wind Spirit of the east who oversees beginnings and daytime occurrences. [1] Yata - The north wind. [1] Yum - A whirlwind Spirit, child of Anog Ite. He is the Spirit of love. [1]
Since the river waters are as both inherently pure themselves and having major purificatory qualities, [11] [12] people come to bathe in them, drink from them, leave offerings for them, and give their physical remains to them. The Ganges is said to purify the soul of negative karma, corporeal sins, and even impurities from previous lives. [12]
White pressure finally forced the Kaw out of Kansas. On June 4, 1873, they packed up their meager possessions in wagons and headed south to Indian Territory to a new reservation. Two weeks later, 533 men, women, and children arrived at the junction of the Arkansas River and Beaver Creek in what would become Kay County, Oklahoma. [21]
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
[7] In one Shawnee tale, "Sawage" (šaawaki) is the deity of the south wind. [8] Jeremiah Curtin translates Sawage as 'it thaws', referring to the warm weather of the south. In an account and a song collected by C. F. Voegelin, šaawaki is attested as the spirit of the South, or the South Wind. [9] [10]
Sage saddles up with youth from around Wind River for monthly healing rides to connect young people with their cultural heritage. The annual highlight is a pilgrimage to the site of Custer’s defeat.
A sacred natural site is a natural feature or a large area of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and communities. [1] Sacred natural sites consist of all types of natural features including mountains, hills, forests, groves, trees, rivers, lakes, lagoons, caves, islands and springs.
A desiccating wind of heat, Notus was associated with the storms of late summer and early autumn, wetness, mist, and was seen as a rain-bringer. Unlike his two more notable brothers, Boreas (the god of the north wind) and Zephyrus (the god of the west wind), Notus has little to no unique mythology of his own. His Roman equivalent is the god Auster.