Explore Mythology of North American Indians
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Do you know anybody who has a nickname? Did you know that the Full Moon has a bunch of nicknames? ...
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According to the Pawnee, the world was created by the god Tirawa. Tirawa sent the stars to ...
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In the story of the Changing Bear Maiden, a girl gets very angry and changes into a bear. ...
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Tonenili is the Navaho God of Water. He is also called the Water Sprinkler because he sprinkles ...
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According to the Navajo Native Americans, Estsanatlehi, whose name means "Changing Woman", ...
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Ahsonnutli was the sky father and chief god of the Navajo. He created heaven, Earth, and the ...
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Tsohanoai is the Sun god to the Navajo Indians of North America. Everyday he crosses the sky, ...
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The Flint Boys is the name given to the Pleiades by the Navajo. In Navajo myth, after the Earth ...
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In Navajo mythology, the Milky Way was created by the mischievous god, Coyote. Coyote was very ...
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According to the Lakota, the Constellation of the Hand, in the constellation Orion, represents ...
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Research Highlights
Scientists in South Africa have discovered two fossil skeletons that are about two million years old. These skeletons are of a young male and adult female of a species that had never been found before....
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