The Mythology of North AmericaDescribes the background of the myths of the Indian cultures of the North American continent, some of which have the same themes as myths of other world cultures. |
Contents
Northwest Coast | 25 |
Far North | 55 |
Southwest 6 THE EMERGENCE | 77 |
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According adventures Algonkian American animals Arapaho ARBAE Arikara Athapascan Basin basket BBAE become began Bird Nester Boas brother Buffalo California called cannibal ceremony Cherokee Cheyenne Chilcotin child Chippewa clan CNAI Coast Salish Coast-Plateau corn Coyote creation creator Cree culture hero daughter dead death deer Dog Husband Dogrib Eagle Earth Diver east Emergence epic Eskimo father fire fish folktale grandmother Haida Hare HNAI human Hupa Indian Interior Salish Iroquois killed Kwakiutl Lakota legends lore Luiseņo medicine Midwest monster monster-ridding cycle Moon myth age mythic mythology narrator Navajo North America Northwest Coast Ojibwa origin Pawnee pipe Plains Pueblos Rabbit Raven Raven cycle region Rite ritual sacred Salish salmon Sapling Seneca Sioux sister Southwest Star Star Boy story storyteller Sun Dance Swanton tale tell theme Tlingit told traditions Transformer tribes trickster Tsimshian turtle twin underworld variant western wife Winnebago Wisakedjak Wolf young woman Yuchi Yurok Zuni