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The Muscogee believe that the world was originally entirely underwater. The only land was a hill called Nunne Chaha on which is the home of Hesaketvmese (meaning "master of breath"; pronounced Hisakita imisi), a solar deity also called Epofvnkv ("the one who is sitting above (us)"). He created humanity from the clay on the hill.
[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]
ᏗᎵᏍᏙᏗ "dilsdohdi" [1] the "water spider" is said to have first brought fire to the inhabitants of the earth in the basket on her back. [2]Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina (the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...
The Hindu wind god, Vayu. A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
Their daughter married the wind and had four sons: North, East, South, and West. The sun, moon and winds then ruled the universe together. [19] An important supernatural hero is the Blood Clot Boy, transformed from a clot of blood. [20] [21] Ho-Chunk mythology; Lakota mythology; Pawnee mythology
Today, the hawk's spiritual lessons continue to hold relevance. As Dubois puts it, "The hawk is a blessing and reminder of the guidance always available if we pay attention."
A south wind is a wind that originates in the south and blows in a northward direction. [1]Words used in English to describe the south wind are auster, buster (a violent south gale), föhn/foehn (alps), ghibli (Libya with various spellings), friagem (a cold south wind blowing into Brazil from the Antarctic), khamsin (a hot spring wind in Egypt, with various spellings), kona (stormy southwest ...
In D'Iberville, Mississippi, Wind Creek purchased land for a planned casino development in March 2016. [20] In Pennsylvania, the tribe agreed in March 2018 to purchase Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem for $1.3 billion. [21] The sale was approved in May 2019 and the casino was renamed to Wind Creek Bethlehem. [22]