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Power animal, a neoshamanic belief of a tutelary spirit; Spirit guide, an entity that remains as a discarnate spirit to act as a guide or protector to a living incarnated individual; Totem, a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe
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The wechuge is a man-eating creature or evil spirit appearing in the legends of the Athabaskan people. [1] In Beaver mythology, it is said to be a person who has been possessed or overwhelmed by the power of one of the ancient giant spirit animals—related to becoming "too strong". These giant animals were crafty, intelligent, powerful and ...
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These spirit animals, the nahurac, would act as Tirawa's messengers and servants, and could intercede with him on behalf of the Pawnee. The nahurac had five dwellings or lodges: [ 7 ] The foremost among them was Pahuk , usually translated "hill island", a bluff on the south side of the Platte River , near the town of Cedar Bluffs in present-day ...
Numerous Feldgeister are known in German folklore, some shaped as animals, some in human form. The last grain heads and tree fruits are often left at their place as a sacrifice for the agricultural spirits. [3] During harvest season Feldgeister flee deeper into the fields to escape the mowers. With the last cornstalks the corn spirit becomes ...
Pre-colonial Filipinos were animistic.They believed that everything has a spirit, from rocks and trees to animals and humans to natural phenomena. [2] [6] [7] These spirits are collectively known as anito, derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu ("spirit of the dead").
The Four Holy Beasts (四靈、四聖獸、or 四大神獸) are Chinese astronomical and cultural Four Benevolent Animals that are spread in the East Asian cultural sphere. They are mentioned in the Chinese classic Book of Rites [ 1 ] and includes the Dragon (龍) in the East, the Qilin (麟) in the West, the Turtle (龜) in the North, and the ...