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	Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
		In Finnish mythology, Akka was the consort of Ukko.
		In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
		In Finnish mythology, Tuonetar was the consort of Tuoni.
	webpages.charter.net /sn9/religion/myth/otherencyclopaedia.html (10254 words)

	Encyclopedia: Blackfoot mythology
		The Blackfoot are a tribe of Native Americans who currently live in Montana.
		In Blackfoot mythology there is also a supernatural world, dominated above the natural world by the sun, and below by the beaver.
		Communication occurs between the supernatural world and Blackfoot through visions of guardian spirits, during which useful songs and ceremonies may be imparted, such as that of medicine bundles.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blackfoot-mythology (419 words)

	Mythology
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		Stories from scripture are usually not referred to as mythology except in a pejorative sense, but one can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.
		Mythology is the title of a 1942 work by Edith Hamilton detailing Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology with their sources.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/m/my/mythology.html (700 words)

	Blackfoot Nation - Crystalinks
		The Blackfoot were fiercely independent and very successful warriors whose territory stretched from the North Saskatchewan River along what is now Edmonton Alberta, Canada, to the Missouri River of Montana, and from the Rocky Mountains and along the Saskatchewan river and down into the state of Montana to the Missouri river.
		The Blackfoot maintained this traditional way of life based on hunting bison, until the near extinction of the bison by 1881 forced them to change and finally adapt to the coming of Europeans.
		Blackfoot music, the music of the Blackfoot tribes, (best translated in the Blackfoot language as nitsínixki - "I sing", from nínixksini - "song") is primarily a vocal kind of music, using few instruments (called ninixkiátsis, derived from the word for song and associated primarily with European-American instruments), only percussion and voice, and few words.
	www.crystalinks.com /blackfoot.html (1909 words)

	Blackfeet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The relations of the Blackfoot language to others in the Algonquian language family indicate that the Blackfoot lived in an area west of the Great Lakes.
		The population was at times dramatically lower when the Blackfeet people suffered instances of disease, starvation, and war, such as the starvation year of 1882 when the last buffalo hunt failed or the smallpox epidemic of 1837 which killed 6,000.
		The Blackfoot do not have well documented male Two-Spirits, but they do have "manly-hearted women" (Lewis, 1941) who act in much of the social roles of men, including willingness to sing alone, usually considered "immodest", and using a men's singing style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackfeet (428 words)

	Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The term is most often used this sense to describe religions founded by societies such as Roman mythology Greek mythology and Norse mythology which were nearly extinct at one However it is important to keep in that while some view the Norse and pantheons as mere fable others hold them as a religion (See Neopaganism).
		For the purposes of this article therefore use the word "mythology" to refer to that while they may or may not strictly factual reveal fundamental truths and insights human nature often through the use of archetypes.
		Mythology is alive and well in the age through urban legends scientific mythology and many other ways.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mythical (1333 words)

	Mythology
		Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conventions, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, scientific mythology, and many other ways.
		Aztec mythology - Incan mythology - Guarani mythology - Maya mythology - Olmec mythology - Toltec mythology
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/my/mythology.html (942 words)

	Mythology - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Mythology is the study of myths: stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that feature a specific religious or belief system.
		However, it is important to keep in mind that while some view the Norse and Celtic pantheons as mere fable, others hold them as a religion, though the modern versions of these beliefs usually have little to no resemblence to the originals (see Neopaganism).
		One can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Mythology (985 words)

	Blackfoot mythology: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Blackfoot mythology
		Blackfoot mythology: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Blackfoot mythology
		The Blackfoot are a tribe of Native Americans from Montana.
		Apikunni[?] is the inventor of tobacco and made the first war-time killing with an aspen stick.
	www.encyclopedian.com /bl/Blackfoot-mythology.html (493 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Other Mythology
		In Islamic mythology, Eblis is the chief of the evil spirits.
		In Iroquois mythology, Gohone is the spirit of winter.
		In Babylonian mythology, Zu is an evil lesser-god who steals the tablets of destiny from Enlil while he was washing, and flies away to his mountain.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D.HTM (7881 words)

	Native Americans: Blackfoot History and Culture (Blackfeet Indians)
		As a complement to our Blackfoot language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Blackfoot people and various aspects of their society.
		Blackfoot history is interesting and important, but the Blackfoot are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as archaeology exhibits, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
		Blackfoot Indian interactions with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
	www.native-languages.org /blackfoot_culture.htm (449 words)

	GWMG: Oldman River - Land use and settlement
		According to Blackfoot mythology, the first people to make their homes in southern Alberta were put there by Napi, the Old man, who made the world and everything in it.
		The Peigan tribe, part of the Blackfoot Nation, were primarily nomadic, and controlled hunting grounds within 160 kilometres of the Rocky Mountains.
		The Blackfoot Tribe settled between the Waterton and Belly rivers [2].
	www.uoguelph.ca /gwmg/wcp_home/Pages/O_he_lu.htm (1225 words)

	Mythology
		Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universe, the world's creation, natural phenomenon, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
		Although many people think that a mythology must be old, it doesn't have to be so.
		An excellent example of such a mythology is that developed by J.
	www.fastload.org /my/Mythology.html (606 words)

	NPS Publications: The Blackfoot
		Note On MacLean's paper on the "Blackfoot Medical Priesthood" in "Anthrorology at the Winnepeg metting of the British Association" (for the advancement of Science) by George Grant MacCurdy.
		Nieuwe Woorden In Het Blackfoot, Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam.
		The Whirlwind and The Elk in the Mythology of The Dakota.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/berkeley/steward/stewardm.htm (1338 words)

	The Pleiades
		The Blackfoot Indians of North America, tell of six brothers whose family was very poor and could not provide the boys with the kinds of buffalo robes worn by other boys in the tribe.
		He was so strong that as he threw up his shoulders the house and all who had built it were flung literally sky-high, up to the region of the stars, and there they huddled together and became the Pleiades.
		Zipacna himself -- like the Titans and all other primeval earth giants of early mythology - was eventually destroyed, but the little handful of conspirators that he tossed up to the heavens have never been able to get down again and that is why we still see them there.
	www.coldwater.k12.mi.us /lms/planetarium/myth/pleiades.html (1408 words)

	Joseph_Campbell_Mythology_Group
		Myths never arise in a vacuum; they are the connective tissue of the social body which enjoys synergistic relations with dreams (private myths) and rituals (the enactment of myth).
		Any mythology worth remembering will be global in scope.
		Mystical watercolor paintings & dreamlike fiction rooted in mythology, archetypes & the divine feminine.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Sparta/9277 (557 words)

	Anthropological Archive
		David Charles Duvall was the son of a French Canadian father and Blackfoot mother.
		Clark Wissler of the American Museum was engaged in active fieldwork early at the turn of the century.
		During their collaboration, Duvall learned to write in English and eventually undertook a manuscript on Blackfoot Mythology of his own.
	anthro.amnh.org /anthropology/FindAid/Duvall.htm (266 words)

	Read about Blackfoot mythology at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Blackfoot mythology and learn about Blackfoot ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Research Blackfoot mythology and learn about Blackfoot mythology here!
		Great Lakes and lived in Montana and Alberta and participated in
		Blackfoot music: "Now, if you are overcome, you may go and sleep, and get power.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Blackfoot_mythology (662 words)

	Learn more about Blackfoot mythology in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Learn more about Blackfoot mythology in the online encyclopedia.
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/bl/blackfoot_mythology.html (561 words)

	Blackfoot_mythology : Essential Information, explanation, recent texts, monographs, and relevant links. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature) by Clark Wissler
		Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell
		Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
	www.core-bibliography.info /primary/Mythology/Blackfoot_mythology.html (606 words)

	Chief Mountain
		He arrived at Fort Benton in 1877, became associated with trader Joe Kipp, and moved to Kipp’s trading post at Fort Conrad, at the confluence of the Marias River and the Dry Fork Marias.
		This was in the heart of Blackfoot country, and Schultz soon became acquainted with the natives.
		Not only that, he wound up marrying into and was adopted by the tribe, and accompanied them through their nomadic travels seeing things that very few whites were privy to.
	www.cowboyhvn.com /Chief.htm (3092 words)

	Blackfoot mythology - Internet-Encyclopedia.com
		Read about flfoot mythology in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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	www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/b/bl/blackfoot_mythology.html (806 words)

	Blackfeet Indians \| Blackfoot Tribe \| Questia.com Online Library
		Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians / Clark Wissler and D. C...Memoriam, Social Life of the...
		The Blackfoot informants were...we bear to the Indians and agency officials of the Blackfoot reserve who co-operated...provide...
		At a distance of...pursued one of the Indians, caught him and...his knife, and the Blackfoot fell...
	www.questia.com /library/history/blackfeet-indians.jsp (581 words)

	Visiting Fort Macleod in Southern Alberta Canada
		The town gradually took shape alongside the Oldman River, named for the "Grandfather" of Blackfoot mythology and within easy view of the majestic Rocky Mountains.
		Fort Macleod's historic area draws you into the past to a time when the North West Mounted Police, Blackfoot Indians and pioneer settlers were the only inhabitants.
		Continue your downtown stroll over to the Fort Museum of The North West Mounted Police, a replica of the original fort where historical re-enactments are the order of the day.
	www.fortmacleod.com /visiting (572 words)

	February '02 Moccasin Telegraph
		Last week we got a few inquiries about fishing on the Blackfoot Reservation, and checked with our sources up there in Napi’s country.
		Napi is a figure from Blackfoot mythology; a powerful creator-type figure.
		Normally, the fertile environment of the Reservation Lakes supports an exceptional growth rate of up to an inch per month, but if the fish are under stress their growth rates will certainly suffer.
	www.cowboyhvn.com /mtfeb02.htm (961 words)

	Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians - Clark Wissler - D.C. Duvall - Alice Beck Kehoe
		Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians - Clark Wissler - D.C. Duvall - Alice Beck Kehoe
		An introduction to traditional Blackfoot culture through their myths, rituals and religious beliefs.
		From the Star Myths, which reveal the Blackfoot's understanding of the cosmos, to children's stories such as "The Ghost-Woman," this enduring collection (originally published in 1908) remains an important part of American literature.
	www.longitudebooks.com /find/p/7419/mcms.html (84 words)

	eHRAF Tutorial: Introduction
		To use it, you have to know the standard name for the culture you are interested in.
		Thus, you will not find Pikunii in the culture list, but you will find Blackfoot, which is the standard ethnonym for the same culture.
		For example, if you change the OCM to 825 (ethnozoology), you will get information on the Blackfoot’s notion of wolves, rather than their mythological representations.
	www.yale.edu /hraf/tutorial1_textsearch4.htm (450 words)

	Carribean and The Americas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Santeria, more properly called La Regla Lucumi (as the Yoruba were called in Cuba) or Regla de Ocha, is a system of beliefs, rites and practices derived from a merging of Roman Catholicism, Native Indian and African traditions maintained by the Yoruba priests and priestesses.
		The Blackfoot Indians of the United States and Canada are divided into three main groups: the Northern Blackfoot or Siksika, the Kainah or Blood, and the Piegan.
		The three as a whole are also referred to as the Siksika (translated Blackfoot).
	www.pacificnet.net /~spectre/Carribean.html (577 words)

	Mythology at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	wiki.tatet.com /Mythology.html (1000 words)

	Amazon API Demo - Books - Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature) - Chris Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
		The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories: Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History
		Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Worldview
	www.chriscodes.com /store/detail/books/related_result/Book/0803297629 (132 words)

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