Common trickster figures in Native American mythology include Rabbit in the Eastern regions, Coyote and Spider in the Plains and the Southwest regions, and Raven in the Pacific Northwest. Although animals appear in many myths and legends, they seldom have purely animal characteristics. They talk ...
Native American Legends While a Great Spirit constitutes the basis of Indian theory, the tribes believe in multiple deities surrounded by mythology. In accordance with their views of nature and spirit, they constantly appeal to these powers at every step of their lives. They hear the Great Spirit...
Discover Native American gods via tribal mythology. See examples of goddesses as world creators and deities who dominate nature, the sun, or the...
In Greek mythology, Prometheus steals fire from the gods and gives it to humans, a feat making him more of a hero than a trickster, and he is usually portrayed as an intellectual. In many Native American stories, Coyote also steals fire from the gods, but Coyote is usually more of a ...
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Born in 1824, Johnson became one of the strange breed of wandering trappers and traders called mountain men in Western mythology, after he deserted from the US army during the Mexican-American War. In later years he served during the Civil War, worked in various law enforcement jobs around ...
Because of the way the old gods interface with modern-day humans, some readers have compared Empire of Wild to Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Inspired by the traditional Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou (which is a werewolf-like creature in some Native people's mythology), this novel ...
Chumana (Native American)–“Snake maiden” Chusi (Native American)–“Snake flower” Godasiyo (Native American)–“Woman chief” after the leader of the Iroquois people before the in-fighting that led to a split into different tribes; according to Tuscarora mythology, Godasiyo wasn’t happy ...
Josh has taught Earth Science and Physical Science at the High School level and holds a Master of Education degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Use this lesson plan to help you introduce students to myths and folktales passed down by Native-American oral traditions. This plan makes use of both a ...
White–Native American Contact in Early American History Book Sources: • Neal Salisbury, Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500–1643 (1982), a more temperate version of the New England colonization story, culminating in the Pequot War; • Helen C....