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List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Tahquitz (/ t ɑː ˈ k w iː t s /, sometimes / ˈ t ɑː k ɪ t s /) is a spirit found in the legends of the Cahuilla, Kumeyaay and Luiseño Native American people of Southern California. Accounts of the legend vary significantly, but most agree that Tahquitz represents evil or death, and his spirit makes its home on Mount San Jacinto. Some ...
The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a type of sacred clown shaman in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains of North America. The heyoka is a contrarian, jester , and satirist , who speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.
Celebrate Native American history month with these wise and inspirational quotes from Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples.
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies, many of which share certain themes across cultural boundaries. In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived
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.
Non-human persons would also go to that afterworld following bodily death. [146] To get to it, the spirit must cross a river on the back of a snake. If they fall into the water, their spirit is destroyed forever or they are transformed into a fish or toad. [147] In the afterlife, spirits dance and thus produce the northern lights. [147]
Muut was the personification and messenger of death in the culture of the Native American Cahuilla people of southern California and northern Mexico, and was usually depicted as an owl or as the unseen hooting of owls. [1]