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Jistu
Jistu is a name used in English-language accounts for the rabbit trickster of Cherokee traditional storytelling. The figure is more accurately understood as Rabbit in Cherokee narratives rather than as a single god with …
Kananeski Anayehi
Kananeski Anayehi is a name associated in some modern accounts with a hairy or wild people of Cherokee tradition. The name is often presented in English as “hairy people,” “hairy beings,” or “hairy ones,” and the figure …
Kanati
Kanati is a figure in Cherokee traditional storytelling, especially in narratives about the origins of game animals, corn and human life. His name is commonly translated as “The Lucky Hunter” or “The Fortunate Hunter.” I…
Ocasta
Ocasta is a name sometimes presented in modern lists of Cherokee mythological beings, but its traditional identity is uncertain. There is no widely accepted Cherokee story, ceremonial account or historical description th…
Skili
Skili is a name associated in some English-language accounts with a dangerous owl-like being in Cherokee traditional belief. It is often described as a supernatural owl, or as a witch or harmful spirit appearing in owl f…
Thunder Twins
The Thunder Twins are often presented in English as a pair of supernatural brothers from Cherokee mythology. The name, however, does not identify one universally fixed Cherokee character comparable to a single, consisten…
Unelanuki
Unelanuki is a name used in some English-language accounts for the Cherokee creator or supreme power, more commonly written as Unelanvhi or Unelanvhi in scholarly and cultural discussions. The name is associated with the…
Adekagagwaa
Adekagagwaa is a figure identified in some accounts of Iroquois mythology with summer and the warm, life-supporting part of the yearly cycle. He is commonly presented as the opponent or counterpart of Okwirase, a figure …
Flying Head
Flying Head is a frightening being associated chiefly with Seneca and other Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, storytelling. In English-language retellings, it is usually described as a huge disembodied head that moves through …
Ga Gaah
Ga Gaah is a name associated in some modern reference lists with Iroquois or Haudenosaunee ideas of thunder and storm power. The identification is not securely established across the traditions of the Haudenosaunee natio…
Dajoji
Dajoji is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Iroquois or Haudenosaunee thunder deity. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike better-documented figures such as Heno, the Thunderer of Seneca…