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  2. Pomo religion - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Ocean was the western edge of Pomo Country, and it was therefore a very important part of their mythology. The Pomo believed the world was bounded by water along the west. Kali-matutsi lived in the sky and heavens above. The word is associated with 'sky occupation.' Kai-matutsi lived on the earth and below. The word associated is ...

  3. Pomo traditional narratives - Wikipedia

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    The Pomo people practiced shamanism, [8] one of its forms taking place as the Kuksu religion, practiced by the Pomo throughout Central and Northern California. The most common and traditional Pomo religion was involving the Kuksu cult which was a set of beliefs as well as practices ranging from dances and rituals where they would dress in their ...

  4. Pomo - Wikipedia

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    Pomo baskets made by Pomo Indian women of Northern California are recognized worldwide for their exquisite appearance, range of technique, fineness of weave, and diversity of form and use. While women mostly made baskets for cooking, storing food, and religious ceremonies, Pomo men also made baskets for fishing weirs, bird traps, and baby baskets.

  5. Kuksu (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Kuksu was personified as a spirit being by the Pomo people. Their mythology and dance ceremonies were witnessed, including the spirit of Kuksu or Guksu, between 1892 and 1904. The Pomo used the name Kuksu or Guksu, depending on the dialect, as the name for a red-beaked supernatural being, that lived in a sweathouse at the southern end of the ...

  6. Miwok mythology - Wikipedia

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    The myths of creation after an epic flood or ocean, the Earth Diver, and the Coyote as ancestor and trickster compare to Central and Northern California mythemes of Yokuts mythology, Ohlone mythology and Pomo mythology. The myths of "First People" dying out to be replaced with the Miwok people is a "deeply impressed conception" shared by ...

  7. Category:Pomo - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 October 2024, at 20:53 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Pomo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Pomo are an Indigenous People of California. Pomo may also refer to: Pomo languages, a language family of the Pomo People; the Pomo dialect of the Pol language, spoken in the Republic of the Congo; Pomo religion, religion of the Pomo People; Pomo, California, an unincorporated community; Postmodernism, often shortened to po-mo or pomo

  9. Lists of deities - Wikipedia

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    This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere