Native American mythology
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Native American mythology includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological. Native American mythology helps explain or symbolizes Native American beliefs.
[edit] Mythologies
- Abenaki Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).
- Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures.
- Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana. They lived west of the Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in Plains Indian culture.
- Cherokee Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma.
- Chippewa tribe of Native Americans located in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
- Creek tribe of Native Americans from the southeastern United States. The shaman was called an Alektca.
- Crow Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").
- Guarani people of the south-central part of South America, especially the native peoples of Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
- Ho-Chunk and Winnebago are tribes of Native Americans, which were once a single tribe living in Wisconsin.
- Hopi tribe of Native Americans located in the southwestern United States.
- Incan myths and legends which survived amongst the native peoples.
- Inuit similarities to the religions of other polar regions. Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a form of shamanism based on animist principles.
- Wyandot (sometimes formerly referred to as the Huron) are a First Nations/Native American people originally from Ontario, Canada, and surrounding areas.
- Lakota Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux.
- Ohlone mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
Mayan extensive polytheistic religious beliefs.
- Miwok mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
- Navajo tribe of Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States.
- Pawnee tribe of Native Americans originally located in Nebraska, United States.
- Pomo mythology, a Native American people in Northern California.
- Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States.
[edit] See also
- Circumpolar religion
- Circumpolar mythology
- Earth-maker myth, Native American, California.
