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…
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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…
Hiawatha
Hiawatha (Haiowatha) (he makes rivers) (16th century?) In North American Indian history and legend (Iroquois), founder of the League of Five, later Six, Nations, called…
Hactcin
Hactcin In North American Indian mythology (Jicarilla Apache), supernatural personification of objects and natural forces, creator of all things. Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend,…
Gudatrigakwitl
Gudatrigakwitl (old man above) In North American Indian mythology (Wiyot), creator god who brought about his creation by joining his hands and spreading them out…
Go-oh
Go-oh In North American Indian mythology (Iroquois), the spirit of the winds who lives in the north sky. He controls all four winds; the bear,…
Gluskap and Malsum
Gluskap and Malsum (Glooscap, Glooska, Gluskabe) In North American Indian mythology (Abnaki), twin brothers; Gluskap, a creator god, culture hero, and trickster killed his evil…
