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”
Category Archives: Haudenosaunee spirits (Orenda)
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”
Ganymedes' guide. 