Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Manito" | Ojibwa / Canada | Creator being. One of a number of very powerful beings all identified by the same title. These deities include the four winds, the thunderbirds, the underwater manitos and the heroic god NANABOZHO. They are the ultimate source of existence and are essential to the continuance of life. It is necessary for mankind to maintain close communication with them.... |
God name "Michabon" | Ottawa / Canada | This god is guilty of creating humans from animals |
God name "Michabon Ottawa" | Canada | God who created humans from animals |
God name "Michalon" | Canada | God who created humans from animals. Central Canada |
"Midewiwin" | Canada | Showed and taught people the importance of maintaining a balanced living by herbal Medicines, vision questing, and the sacred teachings and songs. Prayers and songs invoked the power of the plant Medicines. Great lakes tribes. Canada |
"Midewiwin Algonquin" | NE US E Canada | This is the great Medicine dance which requires the epitome of reverence is performed or the tribe will suffer |
God name "Minabozho Algonquin" | NE US E Canada | this clumsy god fell into the seat and make it over low |
God name "Mirabichi" | Ottawa,Canada | God of water. Ottawa,Canada |
"Na Pe'/ Na Pe'/ Old Man" | Blackfoot / W USA / Canada | The creator who was not a very nice entity, rather human in his actions |
God name "Nanabohozo" | Ojibwa / USA / Canada | A god that influences the success or failure of hunters |
God name "Nanabohozo Ojibwa" | N America | God who influences the success or failure of hunters Canada / USA |
God name "Nanabozho" | Ojibwa / Canada | Heroic god. A god of hunters who directly influences the success or failure which determines whether individuals survive or perish. His brothers are the four winds which exert changes in the seasons and weather. Nanabozho gained control over them to ensure good hunting and fishing for the Ojibwa tribe.... |
Spirit name "O'Meal Na'kwaxdax" | BC Canada | A tribal spirit, the chief of the anciects who's siblings are the myth people |
Spirit name "O'meai" | Na'kwaxdax Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Tribal spirit. The chief of the ancients who lives in Narrow Entrance at Open Plain and whose siblings are the myth people.... |
Spirit name "Omuqkatos" | N America | The Great spirit who is the Sun. The Blackfeet, Northern Plains, Canada / United States |
Hero name "Q'a'mtalat" | Canada | The Kwakiutl flood hero, who died in the Great Flood while successfully trying to save his children by removing them to the summit of a high mountain. They became the ancestors of a post-deluge humanity. Canada |
Supreme god name "Qa'wadiliquala" | Dza'wadeenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Supreme god. The guardian of the tribe but also a river deity responsible for bringing the salmon each year. Said to live in the river Gwae. His eldest son is TEWI'XILAK, the god of goat hunters. His attributes include a headband of red cedar bark.... |
Supreme god name "Qa'wadliliquala Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | Not only the Supreme God, but the guardian of the tribe as well as a river deity that insurers the salmon run |