Explore Mythology of North American Indians
You may have heard people refer to a Full Moon in the autumn as the "Harvest Moon" or the "Hunter's ...
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According to the Pawnee Indians, the world was created by the god Tirawa who assigned to the ...
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In Navajo myth, Ursa Major, the Great Bear, originated from the story of the Changing Bear ...
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Tonenili, who is also known as the Water Sprinkler, is the Navaho God of Water. He is responsible ...
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According to Navajo Native Americans, Estsanatlehi, whose name means "Changing Woman", created ...
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Ahsonnutli was the sky father and chief deity of the Navajo Indians. He created heaven, Earth, ...
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For the Navajo Indians of North America, Tsohanoai is the Sun god. He has human form and carries ...
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The Flint Boys is the name that Navajo Indians give to the Pleiades. According to a Navajo ...
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According tho the Navajo mythology, the Milky Way was created by the misbehavior of the mischievous ...
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According to the Lakota, the Constellation of the Hand, namely the bottom half of Orion, represents ...
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