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List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
His color is blue. [1] Untunktahe - The water Spirit. Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka - The Great Spirit/Great Spirits. Wakíŋyaŋ, or Waukheon - Thunder Spirits. Wakíŋyaŋ is believed to be a bird. The Thunderbird. Wóhpe, or Woohpe - The Spirit of peace and the wife of the south wind Okaga. Spirit of amity, beauty, compassion, and happiness.
Several X-Men characters go by the name Thunderbird, the first appearing in 1975. [17] The Ford Thunderbird is an American car. [18] A WWII-era airfield for pilot training in Arizona was called Thunderbird Field, which in turn was the inspiration for other names, including: The Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.
Gray Eagle hated people so much that he kept these things hidden. People lived in darkness, without fire and without fresh water. Gray Eagle had a beautiful daughter, and Raven fell in love with her. In the beginning, Raven was a snow-white bird, and as such, he pleased Gray Eagle's daughter. She invited him to her father's longhouse.
Bunjil, Kulin creator deity and ancestral being, represented as an eagle; Bunyip, mythical creature said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes; Daramulum, southeast Australian deity and son of Baiame; Gnowee, solar goddess who searches daily for her lost son; her torch is the sun
Nayenezgani tricked them into taking him to their nest and held the babies hostage. After he killed the parents, Nayenezgani promised not to kill the offspring as long as they also promised not to kill any more humans. They became first the bald eagle and owl. [7] (In some versions the Tsenahale are Thunderbirds)
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
The Nanabozho name varies in the Ojibwe language depending on whether it is presented with a first-person prefix n-(i.e. Nanabozho), third-person prefix w-(i.e. Wanabozho), or null-person prefix m-(i.e. Manabozho); the "Manabozho" form of the name is most commonly associated with Menominee language version of these stories.