Cherokee mythology - Cherokee mythology The Cherokee are a tribe of Native Americans who live in the southeastern United States. Recent archeological discoveries by archaeologist/ethnologist Dr. Tim Jones of the University of Arizona place the Cherokee on the Ozark Plateau immediately after their invasion from South America, from whence they moved to occupy large parts of the southeastern and eastern United States from what is now southern Pennsylvania south to what is now Florida. The Cherokee venerated the horned serpent Sint Holo, who appeared to extremely intelligent and resourceful male youths, as well as Tsul 'Kalu, a god of the hunt and Oonawieh Unggi ("the oldest wind"), a wind god. The Ani Yuntikwalaski were people of thunder and lightning; they caused fires in trees (usually hollow sycamore). Asgaya Gigagei.
Cherokee - Cherokee There are several places in the United States named Cherokee, after the native culture described in this article. The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before being moved to the Ozark Plateau. Ethnologists today recognize that 5 to 7 million Cherokee descendants live worldwide. Bands recognized by the United States government, but representing only 250,000 Cherokees, have headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Cherokee Nation) at Cherokee, North Carolina (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and Tahlequah, Oklahoma (United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians). State-recognized Cherokee tribes have headquarters in Georgia and Alabama. Other large and small non-recognized Cherokee organizations are located in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and all over the United States. The spiritual.
Ani Hyuntikwalaski - Ani Hyuntikwalaski In Native American mythology, (particularly in the Cherokee tribe) the Ani Hyuntikwalaski ("Thunder Beings") are beings that cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree. Ani Hyuntikwalaski is also the name of the Western Marker of The Lost Island Stonecircle..
Sint Holo - were extremely wise in the mythologies of many Native Americans. Sequoya, the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, was said to have seen Sint Holo. He brought rain and make a noise similar to (but not the same as) thunder. He may have origins in Maya mythology or Aztec mythology. Sint Holo was venerated, in various forms, by the Cherokee, Chippewa, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Catawba..
Venus (mythology) - Venus (mythology) The Birth of Venus, by Botticelli Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. Other figures possibly corresponding to Venus are: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in Aztec mythology Kukulcan in Maya mythology Sif in the Norse mythos Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium. On August 18, 293 BC, her oldest temple was built. August 18 was then a festival called the Vinalia Rustica. On April 1, the Veneralia was celebrated in honor of Venus Verticordia, the protector against vice. On April 23 215 BC, a temple was built on the Capitol dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasum. Julius Caesar introduced Venus Genetrix as a goddess of motherhood and domesticity. Venus was often depicted in.
Vesta (mythology) - Vesta (mythology) Vesta was the virgin goddess of home and hearth in Roman mythology, analogous to Hestia in Greek mythology. Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabin cults), presumably the daughter of Saturn and Opi (or Rea). However, the similarity with the cult of Greek Hestia is notable. Vesta too protected the familiar harmony and, extensively, the State. Apollo and Neptune had asked for her in marriage, but she refused both, preferring to preserve her virginity, whose symbol was the perpetually lit fire in her temple, guarded by her priestesses, the Vestales. Every March 1 the fire was renewed. It burned until AD 394. One of the Vestales was Rea Silvia, who.
Khoikhoi mythology - Khoikhoi mythology The Khoikhoi (Hottentots) are an ethnic group from southern Africa. The supreme god of the Khoikhoi is called Gamab, a god of the sky and fate. He shoots arrows from the heavens at mortals, killing them. Tsui (also Tsui'goab) is the god of magic, rain and thunder. Gunab is an evil god. One of the most famous heroes of the Khoikhoi was Heitsi-eibib (also simply Heitsi, who was the offspring of a cow and the magical grass which the cow ate. He was a legendary hunter, sorcerer and warrior, who most notably killed the Ga-gorib (see below). He was also a life-death-rebirth figure, dying and resurrecting himself on numerous occasions; his funeral cairns are located in many locations in southern Africa. He is worshipped as.
Knots in Polish mythology - Knots in Polish mythology Knots in Polish mythology performed powerful magic; and were used to bind the intent into the working. Knots in willows were considered powerful catalysts in love magic. See also Polish mythology.
Korean mythology - Korean mythology Korean mythology consists of national legends & folk-tales which come from the all over the Korean penninsula. Considering the size of the area there is a remarkable ammount of variation which has occurred. Even so it is possible to make some generalisations. The original religion of Korea was a form of the Eurasian Shamanism, though it shows some similarity with the original religion of China & Taoism. There has been a mass conversion to Christianity occur amongst the population since the Korean War. After the Korean War Koreans became embarrassed about their own mythology and though many figures are still alive in the consciousness of the general population, much of the oral tradition about the relationship between the mythological figures has been lost. While Tangun.
Kwakiutl mythology - Kwakiutl mythology The Kwakiutl are a tribe of Native Americans in the northwestern United States. Tsonoqwa (Tsonokwa) is a type of cannibal giant called Geekumhl and comes in both male and female forms. The female for is the most common; she eats children and cries "hu-hu!" to attract them, as well as offering candy and treasure. Children frequently outwit her and take her treasures without being eaten. The female form is also a Kewkwaxa'we is the raven spirit, who brought the Kawkiutl people the moon, fire, salmon, the sun and the tides. Of particular importance in Kwakiutl culture is the secret society called Hamatsa. During the winter, there is a four-day, complex dance that serves to iniate new members of Hamatsa. Some of the dancers represent various.
Janus (mythology) - Janus (mythology) In Roman Mythology, Janus was the god of gates, doors, beginnings, endings and doorways. The month of January was named for him. He was usually depicted as Janus Geminus (twin Janus) or Bifrons, with two faces looking in opposite directions. In some places he was Janus Quadrifrons (the four-faced). He was associated with Etruscan Ani. Symbolism: the god of change and transitions such as the progression of past to future, of one condition to another, of one vision to another, and of one universe to another. Janus was worshipped at the beginnings of the harvest and planting times, as well as marriages, births and other beginning. He was representative of the middle ground between barbarity and civilization, rural country and urban cities and youth and.
Japanese mythology - Japanese mythology An interesting aspect of Japanese mythology is that it explains the origin of the current royal family, and gave them deity until recently, the end of the Pacific War. Mainstream Japanese myths, as generally recognized today, are based on the Kojiki and some complementary books. The Kojiki is the oldest recognized book of myths, legends, and history of Japan. The Shintoshu explains origins of Japanese deities from a Buddhism position. The Hotuma Tutaye records a substantially different version of mythology. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction (1-2) 2 Creation of the world 3 Yomi, a hades (4) 4 Sun, Moon, and Wind 5 Iwayado, a cave (6-8) 6 Eight-prong dragon (9) 7 Prince Ohonamuji 7.1 Princess Yakami (11-12) 7.2 Princess Suseri (13) 7.3 Princess Nunakawa.
Jewish mythology - Jewish mythology The stories about God and biblical characters according to Jewish tradition. The basic characters are found in the Torah (five books of Moses) and the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible, Old Testament) and Talmud. The greatest source of legends about characters in these works can be found in the Midrash literature. See also: Christian mythology -- Mythology -- Judaism.
John Ross (Cherokee chief) - John Ross (Cherokee chief) John Ross (October 3, 1790 - August 1, 1866), also known as Kooweskoowe, was a leader of the Cherokee Native American tribe. He was born near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, the son of a Scotsman who had gone to live among the Cherokee during the American Revolution (John Ross's mother was 3/4 Scottish as well). At the age of twenty, after having completed his education, he was appointed as Indian agent to the western Cherokee and sent to Arkansas. He served as an adjutant in a Cherokee regiment during the War of 1812 and participated in fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the British-allied Creek tribe. Ross relocated to Georgia and was chosen as a member of the Cherokee national council in 1817,.
Iapetus (mythology) - Iapetus (mythology) In Greek mythology Iapetus was a Titan, the son of Uranus, by the nymph Clymene the father of Prometheus, Atlas, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and an ancestor of the human species. His wife was occasionally considered to be Asia or Asopis..
Ibo mythology - Ibo mythology The Ibo are a people from the Calabar District of Nigeria. In their ancient religion, the supreme god is called Chuku ("great spirit"); he created the world and everything good in it, and is especially associated with rain, trees and other plants. He is also a solar deity. Ala is occasionally considered his wife, and occasionally considered his daughter. Chuku once sent a dog to mankind to tell them that corpses should be covered with ashes and laid on the ground, and that this would bring the person back to life. The dog was tired and Chuku decided to send a sheep in his stead; the sheep forgot the message on the way and guessed, telling mankind to bury the bodies of the dead. The.
Icarus (mythology) - Icarus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of Daedalus. He was imprisoned, with his father, in a tower on Crete, by the king, Minos. Daedalus contrived to make his escape from his prison, but could not leave the island by sea, as the king kept strict watch on all the vessels, and permitted none to sail without being carefully searched. "Minos may control the land and sea," said Daedalus, "but not the regions of the air. I will try that way." So he set to work to fabricate wings for himself and his young son Icarus. He wrought feathers together beginning with the smallest and adding larger, so as to form an increasing surface. The larger ones he secured with thread and the smaller with.
Verdandi - Verdandi One of the three norns in Norse Mythology. Her name means "being"..
Vega - as the North Star, owing to the precession of the equinoxes. See Polaris for more information. Professional astronomers have used Vega for the calibration of absolute photometric brightness scales. When the magnitude scale was fixed, Vega happened to be close to zero magnitudes. Therefore the visual magnitude of Vega was decided to be, by definition, zero at all wavelengths. It has also a relatively flat electromagnetic spectrum in the visual region (wavelength range 350-850 nanometers, most of which can be seen with the human eye), so the flux densities are roughly equal, 2000-4000 Jy. The flux density of Vega drops rapidly in the infrared, and is near 100 Jy at 5 micrometers. Mythology See Chinese Valentine's Day..
Karl - Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde - King of Sweden and Norway Karl Sverkersson - King of Sweden Charles - english translation of "Karl" Karl - the ancestor of the peasants according to Norse mythology Karl (comedy prize) - an Austrian comedy prize. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
