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desk-art-tsu · 1 year

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Thank you @ShaunSmallest on Twitter for doing an incredible job at bringing this concept to life!

The line is a regional mountainous variant of Mareep, Flaafy, and Ampharos, cousins from across the sea!

Inspire by the Paiute tale ‘Na-gah becomes the North Star’ and the Cahuilla tale ‘Young Boys Climb the Mountain’

Still need to decide on their native and English names.

#mareep #flaafy #ampharos #regional variant #pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemom #west coast #American Indian Legends #paiute #cahuilla #ShaunSmallest

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laurasimonsdaughter · 5 months

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I got a copy of Erdoes and Ortiz's American Indian Myths and Legends (1984) for Christmas and it is fascinating to me how various Native American tales portray romance between humans and non-humans. Especially compared to the European takes on that motif, which usually center on the relationship being doomed from the start, because humans belong only with humans. But this does not seem to be the default in the Native American tales in this collection!

There was one story which did portray the relationship as doomed (Tolowim woman and butterfly man, Maidu) and one where a human woman was taken against her will and gladly rescued by her husband (The stolen wife, Tewa). But there is also a tale where a wife is willingly taken by a great buffalo and when her human husband steals her back and kills White Buffalo Chief, she mourns him so that her jealous husband kills her (Apache chief punishes his wife, Tiwa).

That last tale, while tragic, already goes out of its way to show that the woman was happy with the powerful buffalo, and there are four stories in the collection that make a point of ending in happiness:

The industrious daughter who wouldn't marry (Cochiti)

A beautiful young woman who is a master at making beautiful garments spurns all her human suitors, until it is widely known that she doesn't care for young men. Coyote hears of this and goes to court her, dressed in his finest clothes. He does not offer her any gifts, but he dances very well and he brings a branch of blackcurrants, which are her favourite. She is pleased with him, so she takes him home, sleeps with him, and gives birth to two little coyotes. Her parents are dismayed and the other people turn away from her, but Coyote brings her to his home under the ground. There he has all kinds of clothes just as fine as the ones she makes, and she lives there happily with him ever after.

The Serpent of the Sea (Zuni)

The beautiful daughter of the priest-chief of the village Home of the Eagles cannot abide dust or dirt. Every day she spends almost all her time bathing in the sacred spring of the Serpent of the Sea and this angers him. He changes himself into a beautiful baby boy and she finds him and takes him home to care for him. As soon as she falls asleep the Serpent takes his true form again, coiling himself all around the maiden and all around the room. In the morning the whole household panics, but the girl’s father understands what happened and begs the Serpent to let his daughter return to her family once more, even though she now belongs to him. The Serpent moves enough to release her, finally waking her. She is very frightened, but after four days of ceremonies she bids her family goodbye and goes with the Serpent. As they travel the Serpent takes the shape of a beautiful young man, and speaks in a kinder and kinder voice, until she dares to look at him. Startled she asks him where the terrifying creature has gone. He explains that he is the serpent, but that he loves her, and that if she will consent to come and stay with him they will live and love each other forever in the Waters of the World. The maiden goes with him, forgetting her sadness and forgetting her family, and lived with him ever after.

The man who married the moon (Isleta Pueblo)

The great leader, weaver, and medicine man Nah-chu-rú-chu (the bluish light of dawn) got tired of all the young women trying to win his affection. He proclaimed that he would marry the girl who could grind corn meal so fine that it would stick to his pearl water dipper. The only woman who could do it was the Moon, who was an Isleta maiden before she went to live into the sky. He marries her and loves his moon-wife above all things. Two sisters, the Yellow Corn Maiden, are so jealous that they persuade the moon to admire her reflection in the water of the well, and push her in to drown her. The chief mourns so deeply that it no longer rains and all the crops begin dying, until they bring him a mysterious flower from a mound in the forest where his wife disappeared. He performs a sacred ritual and the moon is brought back to life. The corn maidens are changed into helpful, gentle snakes as punishment, and the moon lives happily with her husband.

The woman who married a merman (Coos)

A girl who refuses all her suitors and goes swimming in the creek every day becomes pregnant without understanding how. She gives birth to a baby that always cries unless it is left outside, where someone brings it seal meat to eat. The young mother watches over her baby and at night is approached by a man who says he is her husband and promises she will be safe if she goes with him. The merman takes his wife and child to the bottom of the sea, where many people lived. Her husband was one of the five sons of the village chief and the couple lived there happy and satisfied. She goes to her relatives once to get arrows for her little boy to play with, and once to visit her brothers. The second time they see her shoulders are turning dark and scaly like those of a sea serpent. She never returned again, but sea serpents came into their harbour, and every summer and winter they would send a whale ashore, a gift to their kinsmen above the sea.

Erdoes and Ortiz even draw a parallel between the tale of the Serpent of the Sea and Beauty and the Beast, but I rather love the girl running off with the Coyote and "the woman who married a merman" is such a lovely counterpoint to the selkie and mermaid stories I grew up with. I'm really happy with this book~

#I'm sure I'm missing lots of nuance and details in my synopsis #but this book is pleasant to read and the tales were clearly written with care #so I really recommend going to read these for yourself if they sound like your thing #American Indian Myths and Legends #native american folklore #laura babbles

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ostick · 6 months

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Clint and Mathilda from MOBA Mobile Legends Bang Bang

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pardomagus · 4 months

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Mishipashoo (Water Spirit) Norval Morriseau 1974, Acrylic on Paper (replica).

#art #indigenous #indigenous art #anishinaabe #spirit #water spirit #Mishipashoo #great lakes #american art #American Indian art #painting #spirit painting #folklore #American legends #North American folklore

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basicallyanotherwitchesthing · 8 months

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Carolyn J. Niethammer - Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women - Collier - 1977

#witches #daughters #occult #vintage #daughters of the earth #the lives and legends of american indian women #american indian women #collier books #1977 #carolyn j. niethammer

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michaelmoonsbookshop · 7 months

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Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi

Hopewell

1874

#old #books #old bookshop #bibliophile #old books #antiquarian bookshop #michaelmoonsbookshop #vintage #whitehaven #antique #american indians #native american #legends #folklore #North American Indians #missouri #mississippi #findingnewhomesforloldbookssince1970

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ifelllikeastar · 9 months

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Bob Barker was an American television game show host and animal activist. He hosted CBS's The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007 (he also hosted Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975)

Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and was an enrolled member of the Sioux tribe. He joined the United States Navy Reserve during World War II.

He always ended The Price Is Right show with this: "This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the pet population, have your pets spayed or neutered"

Robert William Barker died on August 26, 2023 at the age of 99.

#bob barker #love #tv legend #washington #california #pets #animal activist #vegetarian #WWII #sioux tribe #american indian #august #rest in peace

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majorshatterandhare · 9 months

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Hey, look at me! I did it. I listened to a new-me-album. I don’t do that very often.

It took me 2.5 years to listen through all the mechs albums and feel like I have spent a good amount of time with each, feel content with them. Reach for them all equally as much (except maybe TtbT2, which is my favorite).

It has taken me 8 months to decide to listen to a second Jessica Law album. Not because I didn’t like Languid Little Lies, but because I absolutely adore it!

I’m just so happy and content to listen to the same stuff all the time that I don’t ever feel the desire to seek out new stuff. That goes for music, podcasts, tv, movies.

I feel a bit bad for not having more knowledge on the other projects mechs members have done and continue to do. I would like to love everyone’s work, it’s just gonna take me years to get through everything sufficiently. But also that means I don’t have to fucking worry if I do come to a point that I’m desperate for something new because there will be something to reach for.

And like, I didn’t like HNOC for quite a while. I continued to listen to it on occasion because I liked everything else I knew by them; didn’t understand why I didn’t have any enjoyment from it. I think it was mainly because I had almost zero knowledge of Arthurian legend. Had to read Gawain and the Green Knight in high school and listened to a retelling of the story where Merlin gets trapped in a cave forever by a lady on Myths and Legends (podcast); didn’t really care at all. Wanted to care (about Arthurian Legend) because I knew that a lot of Celtic myth got fucked up and put in there. So everytime I listened I’d end up reading more about Arthurian legend because I couldn’t remember who was who until finally I understood it well enough that I could actually enjoy everything smart about it and the music itself and trans Mordred and more and more. I didn’t have that issue with OUaTiS or UDaD or TBI because I had knowledge of European fairytales and Greek myth and enough about Norse myth already. Same reason I usually skip Drop Dead, the first song on my favorite mechs album. I just don’t care about it at all, in an ambivalent way. It doesn’t do anything for me. But I also have no experience with Crypt of the Necrodancer. But I listen to it on occasion because there’s nothing wrong with it and maybe this time will be the time it clicks.

#the mechanisms #jessica law #i also have apd and a general processing disability so that likely exacerbated my inability to follow hnoc without knowledge the legends #like i think very very many people will think its silly that i literally couldnt follow the album before that #but my brain doesnt sort information into memory categories well *and* struggles with auditory info #sorry that i couldnt remember that in legend mordred in the son of arthur and morgause. arthurs sister #or who is gawain and who is galahad #i still get those name mixed up but just the names not the characters #i was very good at remembering that lancelot will only fuck arthurs wife though. thats wild in a morally monogamous society #but its also the whole reason when youre with a bunch of people and your introducing yourself youre supposed to give a fun fact #or your favorite color or something #the more info you have to link together. the easier it is to recall.#anyway not sure why im telling yall this #and i really like hnoc now!#do i have concerns about it regarding the fact its a western and the ‘indians’ are cannibals?#yeah absolutely!#do i think consuming the flesh of a human is inherently morally wrong?#no!#comes down to the negative stereotypes against native americans #obviously saxons arent native americans but they are filling that role in the western setting #im sure theres way more to be analyzed regarding that. but i am not the right person for that.#its 1.45 am and i am crocheting a giant millipede #languid little lies #udad #hnoc #ouatis #tbi #the littlest libertine #i guess i havent spent a lot of time with dttm but thats because it songs from other albums #and the versions ive seen didn’t have all the audio so i didnt even get all the death stories

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acearohippo · 2 years

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I'MMA NEED EVERYONE TO PUT ALL THEIR WISHES AND SPELLS AND PRAYERS AND WHAT NOT THAT WE GET HINDU PANTHEON PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS WAS AND WILL BE HOLY AND/OR UNHOLY.

PLEASE 😩😩😩🤌🏽🤌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#dislyte #y'all don't understand #i NEEED this #nezha is the closest we got and i NEEED MORE #also i have a headcannon that li ling's mum is south indian and an esper of the Hindu Pantheon (Durga/Kali)#I WOULD CRY TEARS OF JOY IF THEY WERE TO JOIN #but I'd also be down for any indigenous mythology #like ANY #would also be cool if we got some american mythologoy/legends #just because it would be hilarious if someone was the esper of like johnny appleseed or paul bunyan 🤣🤣

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a-safe-and-quiet-place · 2 years

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Thunderbird

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The Thunderbird is considered to be a mighty creature of enormous size. They are often depicted as being a fantastic size that is difficult to comprehend – a single feather from the Thunderbird’s wingspan is said to be so large that it would need to be folded in half to properly fit into a quiver. It is often said that a Thunderbird is able to pick up a whale in its talons. The frequency with which whales are mentioned in these legends may suggest that whales were a favorite food source of hungry Thunderbirds.

Thunderbirds were also known to have bright and colorful feathers that were very pleasing to look at. Each flap of their wings allowed them to cover great distances and caused a mighty thundering sound – which likely inspired their name. These creatures were also known to have teeth and claws. Though this was often an imposing sight, it was also seen as comforting because the Thunderbird was known to be a great protector.

Varying legends tend to differ at this point when it comes to storytelling. There are some who say that the Thunderbird carried lakes of water upon its back. Those who tell this version of the story say that this is where the rains that nourish the lands come from.

There are also stories that suggest the Thunderbird had another face in the middle of its chest. There are several variations of this part of the myth – it is uncertain if the face is avian-like or if the face that was seen was a misidentification of two glowing snakes that the creature was said to carry with it. Most versions that claim the Thunderbird carried snakes with it also claim that these snakes were responsible for the lightning bolts that filled the sky upon the great bird’s arrival.

Other versions of the Thunderbird myth disagree. It is their opinion that the Thunderbird was able to create lighting by simply blinking its eyes.

Thunderbird in Various Cultures

Thunderbird of the Menominee Peoples

According to the Menominee tribe, the Thunderbirds live on an enormous mountain that floats in the sky. These majestic creatures are known to control the elements (rain, hail, etc.) and sometimes watch the happenings of human life. They are said to find great pleasure in fighting and the accomplishment of impressive feats. These Thunderbirds are known to be enemies of the Misikinubik (The Great Horned Snake) and are the reason mankind has not been devoured or overrun.

The Menominee Thunderbirds are also known to be messengers of the Great Sun and were highly respected by these peoples.

Thunderbird of the Ojibwe Peoples

The Ojibwe legends of the Thunderbird claim this creature was created by Nanabozho (one of the culture’s hero figures) in order to protect people from evil underwater spirits. They lived in the four directions and migrated to the land of the Ojibwe during the spring with other birds. During this time they fought the underwater spirits. They stayed until the fall when the most dangerous season for the underwater spirits had passed. In the fall, they migrated south with other birds.

The Ojibwe Thunderbird legends also suggest that these creatures were responsible for punishing humans who broke moral rules. As the anger of the Thunderbird is known to be extreme, this would have been great incentive to maintain good moral conduct.

Thunderbird of the Winnebago Peoples

The Thunderbird of the Winnebago people suggests that this creature also had the power to grant people great abilities. Their traditions dictate that any man who has a vision of the Thunderbird during a fast will one day become a mighty war chief.

Thunderbird of the Sioux Peoples

Sioux legends claim that the Thunderbird was a noble creature that protected humans from Unktehila during the ‘old times.’ The Unktehila were said to be extremely dangerous reptilian monsters – without the help of the Thunderbird it is uncertain if man would have been able to overcome these creatures alone.

Thunderbird of the Arapaho Peoples

Arapaho mythology sees the Thunderbird as a summer creature (as did many of the tribes of the Great Plains). According to their legends, the Thunderbird was an opposing force to the White Owl (the creature that represented winter).

Thunderbird of the Algonquian Peoples

The Algonquian Peoples had deep reverence for the Thunderbird in their culture. According to their legends, Thunderbirds were ancestors of the human race. Their stories often tell of the Thunderbird’s part in the creation of the universe.

According to their myths, Thunderbird ruled over the upperworld and the Great Horned Serpent ruled over the underworld. Thunderbird protects humans from the Great Horned Serpent and its followers by throwing lighting at underwater creatures.

Thunderbird of the Shawnee Peoples

Like many other tribes, the Shawnee people also believed the Thunderbird could change its appearance in order to interact with people. Their beliefs, however, detail that Thunderbirds appeared as boys and could be identified by their tendency to speak backwards.

Origins of the Thunderbird Legends

The Thunderbird myth is very widespread throughout American and Canada. There are also records of similar creatures in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Depending on whose version of the myth is being told, the Thunderbird can be a single entity or can constitute a whole race (or tribe) of peoples. Some cultures even believe this mighty creature may have married into human families and have offspring that can be traced back to this day.

Many legends suggest that Thunderbirds had the ability to shapeshift into human form. They supposedly did this by removing their feathers (which could be put on and taken off like a blanket) and tipping their beaks up over their heads similar to the way one might do with a mask. When this was done, a Thunderbird could walk among humans without drawing attention. All that needed to be done for them to transform again was to pull down their beaks and put on their feathers again.

Origin of the Myth

Many who have studied the Thunderbird myth are convinced that it originated as a way for Native Americans to better explain the world around them. It is supposedly a creature who has control over both life and death. As such, the Thunderbird serves as a respected deity and demonstrates how the elements can give humans both life and be a cause of death or endangerment.

People who think the story of the Thunderbird is figurative often point to the story of the travelers who went in search of Thunderbird. In this story, there are two travelers looking to discover the origin of thunder. When they look to the part of the story that tells us one of the travelers is crushed between two rocks, some scholars are convinced that this is a metaphor used to discuss the semi-visible shape of the man in in the moon as a crushed Indian warrior.

If this warrior is a fixture in the moon, it could mean that the Thunderbird is a constellation. There is one pictograph in particular that intrigues researchers for its resemblance to a stellar feature that many believe could be a supernova.

Despite these speculations, the origin of the Thunderbird myth is admittedly unknown.

PS: Btw it really sucks that tumblr doesn’t let people upload gifs with less than 10mb, makes us optimize our gifs and even then it optimizes them even further in theyr servers to 3mb i believe

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overwatchfanskinarchive · 1 year

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Rakshasa Symmetra, Sylvan Sombra, Crash Test Echo, and Pinata Genji by remixpheonix

#symmetra #sombra #echo #genji #Overwatch #Fan Skin #fanskin #remixpheonix #Halloween #fantasy #myth/legend #indian culture #South Asian culture #greco roman culture #mexican culture #central American culture

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katlimeart · 1 year

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Made in 2021 + 2022

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as characters from Mondo shows

1 - 5. Pocahontas

6. Aurora

7 + 8. Kindra

#pocahontas #pocahontas princess of the american indians #mondo #the legend of sleeping beauty #aurora #kindra #rosalina #princess daisy #daisy

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esportopedia · 1 year

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Respawn opens a third studio and plans to develop Apex

Renaissance Entertainment has grown steadily since its inception 12 years ago. New company led by Vince Zampella opens a new studio in Madison, Wisconsin.led by industry veteran Ryan Burnett. Burnett has been in the video game industry for almost 20 years and was previously associated with Raven Software, where he worked with Call of Duty, and with Epic Games, where he led engine development. So…

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tinybookgirl · 2 years

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A Photo For Every Book I Read This Year: American Indian Myths and Legends edited by Richard Erodes and Alfonso Ortiz

#books #American Indian myths and legends #Richard erodes #Alfonso Ortiz

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veronicawalshcbt · 3 months

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The CBT of the 'Two Wolves' philosophy

Using the 'Two Wolves Within Us' as a CBT visualisation regulation exercise...

In CBT we try to develop awareness of how we are thinking – how we are explaining the world to ourselves – and to build the skill of awareness and regulation so that we can correct dramatic negative styles, and develop instead a cool calm rational style, that embraces reality but is also looking at the positives. If we change how we think, we can change how we feel and behave. I find it very…

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#A CBT visualisation exercise for reframing thinking #CBT handout for taming your inner wolf #cbt two wolves exercise #native american indian two wolves legend #the two wolves thinking habits handout #veronica walsh cbt handout

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artstfuff · 1 year

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Manabozho in the tree above the flood 1905 from North American Indian Fairy Tales Folklore and Legends by R. C. Armour

#R. C. Armour #american indian #indian #folklore #flood #legends #1900s #1905 #R C Armour #illustration #book illustration #black and white

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