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Midewiwin. The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) is the Grand Medicine Society of the indigenous groups of the Maritimes, New England and Great Lakes regions in North America. Its practitioners are called Midew and the practices of Midewiwin referred to as the Mide. The Midewiwin society is a secretive animistic religion, requiring ...
Nixes in folklore became water sprites [ 15] who try to lure people into the water. The males can assume many different shapes, including that of a human, a fish, and a snake. The females bear the tail of a fish. When they are in human form, they can be recognised by the wet hem of their clothes.
Two-spirit (also known as two spirit or occasionally twospirited) [a] is a contemporary pan-Indian umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) social role in their communities. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Such ornaments have ancient totem roots; a number of scholars: O. Znoiko, V. Davydiuk, H. Lozko, A. Chepa believe that goat and wolf are totem animals of tribes out of which Ukrainian nation was shaped. Aurochs is a symbol of fertility and strength. Goat symbolizes harvest and fertility. Horse is a symbol of loyalty, devotion, freedom.
Mongolian shamanism is an all-encompassing system of belief that includes medicine, religion, a reverence of nature, and ancestor worship. Central to the system are the activities of male and female intercessors between the human world and the spirit world, shamans ( böö) and shamanesses ( udgan ).
e. Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner ( shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. [ 1][ 2] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human ...
Amulets made of skin and animal parts were worn for protection and luck, and to invest the wearer with the powers of the associated animal or spirit. [7] [130] [257] Children were considered to be vulnerable and in need of the most protection, so their clothing was hung with large numbers of protective amulets. [258]
Language. Haida kil. Country. Haida Gwaii. The Haida ( English: / ˈhaɪdə /, Haida: X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat) are an Indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years. [ 3] The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills ...