A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends (43 page)

potlatch
289–90

retribution of animal spirits
288–9

Supernatural People
244–6
,
254–5
,
257–62
,
266–7
,
269

totemism
287–8

Northeast tribes
12–13
,
15

Northwest Coast
6–7
,
72

Ojibwa tribe
6
,
13
,
15
,
105
,
141–3
,
151
,
224

see also
Chippewa

Omaha tribe
191
,
196–7

Oneidas tribe
152
,
153
,
184–6

Onondagas tribe
152
,
153
,
184–6
,
187

orenda
45
,
189–90

Otter-heart
96–100

Ouiot
277–8
,
279–80

owls
18
,
44
,
66
,
76
,
119
,
242

Pahe-Wathahuni
223

Paiute tribe
9
,
227–8

Papago tribe
8

Pawnee tribe
27
,
45
,
53
,
118–20
,
196–7
,
229

astronomy
236–7

human sacrifice
237–43

the myth of the Bear-man
233–5

the myth of the sacred mundle
229–33

Peace Queen, myth of the
184–7

Pericues tribe
281–2

Petalesharo
243

phylacteries
26

Pigmies
155–6
,
170–1

pipe smoking and tobacco
4
,
15
,
35
,
47–50
,
61
,
85
,
115
,
168
,
174
,
189
,
197
,
218
,
221
,
226

Po-shai-an-K’ia
30
,
40–1

Poïa, myth of
126–30

porcupines
120
,
148
,
250–1

potlatch ceremony
289–90

Powhatan tribe
4
,
43

Prey-Gods
30–1

Pueblos Indians
8
,
65
,
69–70

Quaayayp
281–2

Quah-beet, the Great Beaver
76–7

Quetzalcoatl
80–1

rabbits
72–3
,
191–3
,
221–4

rattlesnakes
46–7
,
131
,
172

ravens
72
,
73
,
136
,
270
,
271
,
273
,
274
,
275
,
288

Red Pipe-stone
48–50

resurrection and future life mythology
58–60

rivers and lakes
17
,
46
,
124
,
166
,
199–200

creation myths
41–2
,
43

myth of story of the drowned child
208–9

myth of the snake-ogre
203–5

robins
56
,
260
,
261

Sacred Otter and the Snow-lodge, myth of
83–5

sacrifices
22
,
25
,
30
,
33–4
,
37

human
34
,
38
,
189
,
237–43

in mythology
90–1
,
232

Salish tribe
7

Salmon, myth of the
205–8

Sayadio in Spirit-land, myth of
182–4

scalping
11

Scar-face myths
123–6
,
128–30

sea-lions
142–3
,
259–60
,
270–1
,
272
,
273
,
274

seas and oceans
69
,
129
,
286–7

creation myths
40–2
,
69
,
188

see also
rivers and lakes; water

Sedna, Inuit sea spirit
286–7

Seminole tribe
73

Seneca tribes
151
,
153
,
157–8
,
161–3
,
185
,
190

serpents
see
snakes

shamans
see
medicine-men

Shawnee tribe
47
,
172

shells
15
,
26
,
27
,
190
,
247

Shushwap tribe
55–6

Sîñ
246–8

Sioux
3
,
10
,
11
,
14
,
42–3
,
72
,
234

19th century Wars
226–7

buffalo bone fetishes
27–8

Ghost Dances
228

Haokah, the Thunder-god
56

Ictinike myths
191–6

myth of how the Rabbit caught the Sun
221–2

myth of how the Rabbit slew the Devouring Hill
222–4

myth of the drowned child
208–9

myth of the men-serpents
197–9

myth of the Salmon
205–8

myth of the snake-ogre
202–5

myth of the snake-wife
209–15

myth of the subterranean adventure
214–17

myth of the three tests
199–202

myth of Wabaskaha
196–7

myth of White Feather the giant-killer
217–21

rites of the White Buffalo Calf Woman
226

Sun Dance
224–6
,
227

time and the moon
62–3

Vision Quest
226

see also
Dakota; Lakota; Mandan

Skidi tribe human sacrifice
237–43

skins

Buffalo Dance
64

fetishes
24
,
26
,
27

owl
44
,
66
,
242

Sky-goddess
187–8

Sky-gods
17–18
,
40
,
224
,
246–7
,
288
,
289

see also
Star-country; Sun-gods

smoking and tobacco

see
pipe-smoking and tobacco

snakes
8
,
44–7
,
60
,
65
,
131
,
146–7
,
156
,
172
,
174

myth of the men-serpents
197–9

myth of the snake-ogre
202–5

myth of the snake-wife
209–14

rattlesnakes
46–7
,
131
,
172

snake-charming
45
,
46–7
,
65

Snow-man husband, myth of the
91–3

Sokumapi and the Sacred Bear-spear, myth of
115–18

‘Song of Hiawatha’ (H. W. Longfellow)
143
,
150–1

Southeast tribes
11–12
,
72

Southwest tribes
7–9
,
72

Spider-Woman
70
,
74

spiders
51
,
72

Spirit-bride, myth of the
93–6

Spirit-land
68
,
94–6
,
182–4

see also
Ghost-land; Supernatural People

squirrels
103–4
,
196

Star-country and Star-folk
87
,
88
,
90
,
102–3
,
126–30

see also
Morning Star

Star-maiden and Algon, myth of
85–8

Stikŭa, myth of
269–75

Stone Giantess, myth of the
177–9

Stone Giants
145
,
155
,
178–9

stones and pebbles
23–4

animal shaped fetishes
28–30
,
31–2

fetishes
26
,
28

red stone for pipes
48–50

subterranean villages
42–3
,
214–17

suicide
61

Sun Dances
129–30
,
224–6
,
227
,
228

Sun-gods
70
,
74
,
76
,
132
,
134
,
236
,
277

Glooskap
76–7
,
78–81

Ictinike
191

myth of Poïa
127
,
128
,
129–30

myth of Scarface
123–6

myth of the rabbit
221–2

sun symbolism, serpent
44
,
46

Supernatural People
60
,
244–6
,
254–5
,
257–62
,
266–7
,
269

swans
124
,
167
,
168

teepees
10–11
,
224

snow-lodge myth
83–5

Thunder-gods
56–7
,
71
,
145

Thunder-men
212–13
,
214

Thunderers
147–50
,
189

myth of the Thunderer’s son-in-law
262–9

Tihugun
283

time, concept of
44
,
62–3

Tinneh tribe
283–4

Tiráwa
53–4
,
232
,
233
,
235
,
236
,
243

Tlingit tribe
3
,
287
,
290

tobacco and smoking
see
pipe-smoking and tobacco

totemism
18–23
,
28–9
,
36–7
,
287

transformers
14
,
71
,
73
,
141

transgenderism
9
,
53

trees
4
,
17
,
23–4
,
28
,
41
,
112
,
181
,
188
,
239

trickster character in myths
14
,
54–5
,
56
,
71–3
,
141
,
288

see also
Blue Jay

turtles
69
,
188
,
205

Tuscaroras tribe
52

tzi-daltai
25–6

United States Bureau of Ethnology
viii–ix
,
14

Wabaskaha, the myth of
196

Wac/Turparan
282

Wakan Tanka
71
,
224
,
226

Wampum
15
,
190

Wanblee
227

wars
9
,
11
,
28
,
35
,
61

against American army
226–7

Gods
45
,
57

Ictinike
191

myth of the Pawnee and Omaha
197

myth of the sacred Bear-spear
117

myth of the Seneca and Illinois
161–3

Young Dog Dance
119–20

water
46
,
55

creation myths
40–2
,
43
,
69
,
70

gods
57
,
108
,
208–9

myth of the healing waters
179–82

passage to the after life
60

Sedna, Inuit sea spirit
286–7

see also
rivers and lakes; seas and oceans

whaling
258
,
259
,
261
,
264
,
265
,
274

White Buffalo
14–15

White Buffalo Calf Woman
226

White Dog festival
190

White Feather the Giant Killer, myth of
217–21

wigwams
6
,
24
,
82–3

wildcats
18
,
241

Winds, the
17
,
41
,
43
,
44
,
52
,
54
,
145
,
248

Wisgatcak
141

witches and witchcraft
156–7

wolves
75–7
,
104–5
,
120–2
,
124
,
141
,
206
,
207
,
241
,
265

Wounded Knee, Battle of (1890)
226
,
228

Wovoka
227–8

Wyandot tribe
182

Young Dog Dance
118–20

Zuñi tribe
8
,
28–30
,
31–2
,
40–1
,
44
,
46
,
53
,
62
,
66