Aba (above) In North American Indian mythology (Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana), good spirit, creator, heaven. At first there was a mountain, Nane Chaha (high hills), that had a passage from the top to caverns under the earth. From these caverns emerged the first Choctaws, along with ants. The Choctaws killed the ants’ mother, and they called on Aba, who closed the mountain exit, locking in the remaining people and later transforming them into ants.
SOURCE:
Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow
Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante
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