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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 ...
In Lakota mythology, Iktómi is a spider - trickster spirit, and a culture hero for the Lakota people. Alternate names for Iktómi include Ikto, Ictinike, Inktomi, Unktome, and Unktomi. These names are due to the differences in languages between different indigenous nations, as this spider deity was known throughout many of North America's tribes.
Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho 's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha 's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem, The Song of Hiawatha, which is a re-telling of the Nanabozho stories. Nokomis is an important character in the poem, mentioned in the familiar lines: Daughter of the moon Nokomis.
Native American myths and legends. Smithmark Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8317-6290-2. Thompson, Stith: Folk Tales of the North American Indians (Indiana University Press 1929) Tooker, Elisabeth, ed. (1979). Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: sacred myths, dreams, visions, speeches, healing formulas, rituals, and ceremonials ...
Cultural depictions of spiders. Pre-Columbian spider image from a conch shell gorget at the Great Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Throughout history, spiders have been depicted in popular culture, mythology and in symbolism. From Greek mythology to African folklore, the spider has been used to represent a variety of things, and endures into the ...
Pukwudgie. A Pukwudgie, also spelled Puk-Wudjie (another spelling, Puck-wudj-ininee, is translated by Henry Schoolcraft as "little wild man of the woods that vanishes"), [1] is a human -like creature of Wampanoag folklore, found in Delaware, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Indiana and Massachusetts, sometimes said to be two to three feet (0. ...
Coyote canoeing, in a traditional story. Coyote is a mythological character common to many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of North America, based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic, although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow ...
[2] [4] All stories contained within the anthology are tales that have been told orally for centuries within Native American tribes. [6] [7] As the title of the collection suggests, each story contains a character that is known and depicted as a Trickster. [2] This character is the main focus of the story and is typically depicted as an animal ...