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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Did you know?
Did you know that there are
many
different names for the full Moon?
Do you know what the gods Re, Tonatiuh, and Shamash all have in common?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
AaxAa : Hawaiian name for a type of lava flow with a surface that is broken into rough angular fragments which develop during cooling and loss of gas from pahoehoe flows.
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Research Highlights
A new study shows that water might have been on Earth very early in its history. Before this new information, scientists thought water came to Earth from comets. Scientists have learned this by studying...
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