Today for Indigenous American history month I wanted to write about Animkiig, the Anishinaabe Thunderbird, a spirit of weather, and the upperworld. Animkiig are large eagle-like birds created by Nanabozo. Animkiig were created to balance Mishibizhiw and the Great Horned Serpents, Mishi-ginebig. Thunderbirds are common spirits across different cultures in Turtle Island, including the GreatContinue reading “Animkiig”
Category Archives: Anishinaabe spirits (Manitou)
Wendigo
Today, for Indigenous heritage month, I wanted to write about Wendigo, an Algonquin spirit of winter, greed, evil. and cannibalism. A W-ndigo is created when a human commits the abomination of cannibalism corrupting their spirit. After this they go through a metamorphosis becoming a tall slender androgynous figure with few remaining humanoid characteristics known forContinue reading “Wendigo”
Nokomis
With the full moon tonight and it being Indigenous History Month I wanted to write about Nokomis, an Ojibwe spirit of the moon. Nokomis is the mother of Wenonah, therefore the grandmother of Nanabozo. After Wenonah died giving birth, Nokomis raised her grandsons. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokomis?wprov=sfla1
Deer Woman
Today I wanted to write about Deer Woman, also called Anukite (Lakota), an Indigenous love and fertility spirit from the Great Plains and Northeastern Woodlands who is a protector of women, children, and two-spirit people. Deer Woman often visits women in their dreams as a sign of pregnancy. She also has a more vengeful sideContinue reading “Deer Woman”
Hah-nu-nah
For earth day I wanted to write about Hah-nu-nah or Mikinoc Waajew, an Anishinaabe and Iroquios spirit of the earth. When Sky Woman fell to earth, there was no land. All the animals of the water took turns trying to bring mud up from the bottom of the ocean. When Muskrat dived, he reached toContinue reading “Hah-nu-nah”
Mishibizhiw
To wrap up dragon week I wanted to write about Mishibizhiw, an Ojibwe draconic feline water spirit that protects the Great Lakes and the rivers and lakes that branch off of them. Depending on the stories there’s either one Mishibizhiw that lives in Lake Superior or is a species that lives in all the riversContinue reading “Mishibizhiw”
Asibikaashi
As today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples I wanted to write about Spider Grandmother a spirit from the legends of various Fiest Nations across Canada and the United States of America. This post is specifically about Asibikaashi, the Ojibwe Spider Grandmother who is a protector of children and the creator of theContinue reading “Asibikaashi”
Nanabozo
As June is not only lgbtq+ pride month but also Indigenous history month (among other things) I want to share some Indigenous stories throughout the month of June starting with that of Nanabozo, an Anishinaabe folk hero and Trickster that often takes the form of a rabbit. Nanabozo is one of the four sons ofContinue reading “Nanabozo”
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