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  2. Kushtaka - Wikipedia

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    Naturally, this is counted a mixed blessing. However, Kóoshdaa káa legends are not always pleasant. In some legends it is said the Kóoshdaa káa will imitate the cries of a baby or the screams of a woman to lure victims to the river. Once there, the Kóoshdaa káa either kills the person and tears them to shreds or will turn them into ...

  3. Thunderbird (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    It is frequently depicted in the art, songs, and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, [citation needed] but is also found in various forms among some peoples of the American Southwest, [citation needed] US East Coast, [citation needed] Great Lakes, [1] and Great Plains.

  4. Sisiutl - Wikipedia

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    The sisiutl is a legendary creature found in many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, notably the KwakwakaŹ¼wakw. [1] Typically, it is depicted as a double-headed sea serpent. Sometimes, the symbol features an additional central face of a supernatural being.

  5. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    KwakwakaŹ¼wakw mythology – an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Lummi – a North American tribe from the Pacific Northwest, Washington state area. Nuu-chah-nulth mythology – a group of indigenous peoples living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Haida mythology – a nation living in Haida Gwaii and the Alaska Panhandle.

  6. 30 Urban Legends That Ended Up Being True - AOL

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    Image credits: Alternative_Fill2048 #6. Ok, this isn’t a known urban legend per se but once when I was 14 years old I was staying at my grandmas. The house was surrounded on 3 sides by woods/forest.

  7. Ravens in Native American mythology - Wikipedia

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    Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan -speaking peoples and others. Raven stories exist in nearly all of the First Nations throughout the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Haida , Tsimshian , Tlingit and ...

  8. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    Phi Yai Wan is an urban legend about the ghost of a pregnant woman similar to renowned Mae Nak Phra Khanong, but her story takes place in Taling Chan in the 1970s. [80] Pigman Road is an urban legend of a butcher from Angola, New York who would place the heads of pigs on stakes in front of his home on Holland Road to ward off trespassers ...

  9. Haida mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Haida are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their national territories lie along the west coast of Canada and include parts of south east Alaska . Haida mythology is an indigenous religion that can be described as a nature religion , drawing on the natural world, seasonal patterns, events and ...