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Spirit name "Acacila" | Aymara Indian / Peru / BoliviaTiticaca Basin | Animistic spirit. One of a group of vaguely defined beings who control the weather, including Rain, hail and frost.... |
Spirit name "Bhagavan (the lord)" | Northern / central Indian | Tutelary god. Worshiped by the Bhils and other tribes as the original creator spirit and a judge of the dead soul. Also an epithet of VISNU and KRSNA. Also Bhagwan.... |
Ghost name "Davy Jones's Locker" | Indian | I.e. he is dead. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, the prophet, who was thrown into the sea. Locker, in seaman's phrase, means any receptacle for private stores; and duffy is a ghost or spirit among the West Indian negroes. So the whole phrase is, "He is gone to the place of safe keeping, where duffy Jonah was sent to." |
Goddess name "Eithne" | Ireland | Old goddess who lived off nothing but the milk of a sacred Indian cow and was protected by a spirit who chased away all would-be suitors. Ireland |
Angel name "Genii" | Indian | The Persian and Indian genii had a corporeal form, which they could change at pleasure. They were not guardian or attendant spirits, but fallen angels, dwelling in Ginnistan, under the dominion of Eblis. They were naturally hostile to man, though compelled sometimes to serve them as slaves. |
Spirit name "Gunnodoyak" | A youthful heroic deity who was once mortal | Iroquois (North American Indian). He was empowered by the spirit of thunder, Hino, to conquer the Great water Snake, enemy of humankind. The serpent devoured Gunnodoyak but was then slain by Hino, who cut open the snake, recovered the body of Gunnodoyak and returned him to his rightful place in heaven.... |
Spirit name "Hawenniyu" | Iroquois | Great spirit who gives the gifts of the earth. From a buckskin pouch he takes the sacred Indian tobacco and sprinkling it on the fire for incense makes certain motions of his hands toward the sky. Sometimes he will fan the fire with a turkey wing fan. Iroquois |
Spirit name "Hisagitaimisi" | Creek | 'The One Who Sits Above'. The Great spirit who manifested himself in bush fires. Creek Indians |
Spirit name "Kachina" | Pueblo Indians | Ancestor spirits and the souls of virtuous dead people. Pueblo Indians |
Spirit name "Koyote" | North American Indian | Tutelary god. Recognized by several tribes, including the Navaho and Apache. He acts as a cult hero who intercedes with more remote creator spirits and teaches the Indian.... |
Spirit name "Maheo" | Cheyenne | The void dwelling omnipotent Great spirit and creator who created the water, light and air. With the help of Coot he made land by placing mud on the back of Grandmother Turtle, who then became the earth. Cheyenne Indians |
Spirit name "Manitu" | Algonquin Indian / USA | Creator god. A vaguely defined being who controls all things and imparts knowledge to the tribe. He may be identified as the great spirit in the sky. Probably similar to MANITO.... |
Supreme god name "Meiechei (master of men)" | Araucania Indian / southern Andes | Supreme god. Also known as Pillan (heaven) and, west of the Andes, Guenu-Pillan (spirit of heaven).... |
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 "Pah-ah" | Indians | The Great spirit of the Paiute Indians. |
Spirit name "Pahtumawas" | Indians | The Great spirit of the Lenape Indians |
Spirit name "Wakai Taaika" | Dakota Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
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