Modoc Mythology
The Modoc occupied ancestral territory along what is now the southern Oregon and northern California border, in the vicinity of Modoc Lake, Little Klamath Lake,…
Month: December 2019
Kukumatz and Tochipa
Kukumatz and Tochipa In North American Indian mythology (Mojave), creators, twin brothers. Born of earth (woman) and sky (man), the two needed more room and…
Mojave Mythology
Mojave, or Mohave, both pronounced mo-HAH-vee, is a derivation of Ahamecav, meaning “people who live along the river.” The Mojave occupied ancestral territory near other…
Hopi Mythology
Hopi legend tells how tribal ancestors climbed up through three cave worlds along with all the animals. They were helped by two Spirit Masters who…
Chinook Mythology
People living east of the Rocky Mountains in both the United States and Canada at times feel warm, dry Chinook winds blowing from the west.…
Italapas
Italapas In North American Indian mythology (Chinook), the name given Coyote, who appears in much Indian mythology. Italapas aided Ikanam, the creator, in forming mankind…
Iouskeha and Tawiscaron
Iouskeha and Tawiscaron (Yoskeha and Tawiscara) In North American Indian mythology (Iroquois), twin gods, one good, the other evil. The unborn twins began to quarrel…
Lakota Mythology
Horse-mounted Indians, wearing long eagle-feathered warbonnets and fringed leather clothing with colourful beadwork, ride across the grasslands of the Great Plains. They hunt buffalo. They…
Iktomi
Iktomi (Unktomi) In North American Indian mythology (Dakota and Lakota), trickster who invented human speech. SEE ALSO: trickster; unktomi Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend,…
Hino
Hino In North American Indian mythology (Iroquois), the thunderer. Armed with his mighty bow and flaming arrow, he was the eternal enemy of evil. Hino…