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Native American mythology
Articles about Native American mythology within North America.
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Skan
Skan is a powerful being associated with the sky in Lakota and Dakota religious traditions. The name is commonly translated as “sky,” “the heavens,” or “that which is above,” although English translations do not capture …
Tukupar Itar
Tukupar Itar is a name associated in some English-language reference works with Hopi tradition, usually described as a war deity, warrior spirit, or protective supernatural figure. The identification is uncertain, howeve…
Snoqualm
Snoqualm is a name associated in some modern reference works with the traditional culture of the Snoqualmie people of the Pacific Northwest. It is often described as a giant or supernatural being connected with Snoqualmi…
Tsichtinako
Tsichtinako is a female creator figure associated with Acoma Pueblo, an Indigenous community in present-day New Mexico whose people speak a Keresan language. Her name is commonly translated into English as Thought Woman.…
Szeukha
Szeukha is a name associated in some modern reference works with a gigantic bird of Native American mythology. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike well-documented figures such as the Thunderbird, Szeukha is …
Tabaldak
Tabaldak is a creator figure in Abenaki traditional narratives, a body of Indigenous traditions from the northeastern woodlands of North America. The Abenaki are part of the wider Wabanaki cultural and linguistic world, …
Tamit
Tamit is an obscure name associated in some modern reference lists with Native American mythology, but its traditional identity is not securely established. No single, widely recognized Indigenous tradition can be identi…
Tawiscara
Tawiscara is a powerful adversarial figure in traditions associated especially with the Wendat (Huron) and with other Iroquoian-speaking peoples of northeastern North America. He is commonly described as the hostile or d…
Tewi’xilak
Tewi’xilak is a name associated with the traditional narratives of the Kwakwaka’wakw, an Indigenous peoples of the central and northern coast of British Columbia. In English-language summaries, Tewi’xilak is usually desc…
Tihtipihin
Tihtipihin is an obscure name associated in some modern English-language references with Native American legendary beings, especially dangerous monsters connected with water. Its exact identity, community of origin and t…
Tirawa
Tirawa is the name commonly used for the supreme power or creator in Pawnee religious tradition, especially in English-language descriptions of the religion of the Pawnee people of the Great Plains. The name is also writ…