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~Sunface~
~Symbolizes Abundance, Stability, Positive Energy, Hope, Happiness and Peace~
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Zuni believe that the Dominicus symbolizes affluence, continuity, stability, positive free energy, promise, happiness and peace. The Zuni tribe assembly it with warmth which made life and growth possible and believes it brings playfulness and joy to children forth with skilful fortune and prosperity to families. Praying to the Sun was a critical part of Zuni civilisation.
~Buffalo~
~Symbolizes an abundance and manifestation~
To Native Americans, the Bison or American Buffalo was a symbol of sacred life and abundance. The American Buffalo or Bison is a symbol of abundance and manifestation. The lesson learned by the Lakota is that 1 does non take to struggle to survive. This is especially true if the correct action is joined by the right prayer. Past learning to appropriately unite the mundane with the divine, all that will be needed will exist provided.
~Significant of the Bear Symbol~
~Symbolizes Protection, Courage, Physical Forcefulness and Leadership~
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Native American Indians are deeply spiritual people and they communicate their history, thoughts, ideas and dreams from generation to generation through Symbols and Signs such every bit the Comport Symbol. Native American symbols are geometric portrayals of celestial bodies, natural phenomena and animal designs. Animals were drawn as symbols which were taken every bit spiritual guides and stood for the qualities and traits of the animal that the symbol represented. The Carry symbol was important as it represented a protector and symbolized courage, concrete strength and leadership. Bears are stiff, agile, and quick. The black carry and the Grizzly were native to Due north America. The meaning of the Bear Symbol was to signify a good omen and convey authority. The comport was a very important brute symbol. Some tribe would likewise have two warriors known equally the Grizzly Bears. These warriors would be the first to charge at the enemies in battle. Native American bird and animal symbols and totems are believed to represent the physical course of a spirit helper and guide.
Some Indians believed that it was possible to draw power from a deport past dreaming of one, by killing and eating part of one or by even touching a conduct. These actions made a warrior invincible. Considering of the Indians' behavior that the bear had spiritual ability, wearing a bear hook necklace meant protection and good health to the Indian wearing it. The Abenaki tribe believe that the stars of the Big Dipper are the Bully Behave (Kchi-awasos). According to Abenaki mythology the Great Bear is chased every dark past three hunters. The Smashing Bear is killed every autumn and his blood drips to earth turning the leaves brownish simply he is reborn every leap.
Many Native American cultures feature Skinwalkers or a similar concept in which a shaman or Medicine Man may, according to cultural tradition, have on an animal form such as a acquit.
~Heartline/Spirit Bear Symbol~
~Signifies Life Force and Strength of a Warriors Centre~
This pointer is called the lifeline or heart line. The heartline begins at the mouth where breath gives life and points to the soul, or spirit, where religion and inner strength preside. The following symbol depicts the heartline through the prototype of a bear. The heartline is an arrow going from its head to the eye and shows the Indian warrior'south centre is strong similar the bears. Similar images tin be constitute depicting the heartline in other animals.
~Man in the Maze~
~Symbolizes our journey through life~
According to O'odham oral history, the labyrinth design depicts experiences and choices individuals make in the journey through life. In the middle of the "maze," a person finds their dreams and goals. When i reaches the center, the individual has a final opportunity (the concluding turn in the design) to await back upon choices made and the path taken, before the Sun God greets the states, blesses the states and passes usa into the side by side globe.
~The Medicine Wheel~
The Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing. It embodies the 4 Directions, every bit well as Father Sky, Female parent Earth, and Spirit Tree—all of which symbolize dimensions of wellness and the cycles of life.
The Medicine Wheel can take many dissimilar forms. It can be an artwork such equally antiquity or painting, or information technology tin be a concrete construction on the land. Hundreds or fifty-fifty thousands of Medicine Wheels have been built on Native lands in North America over the last several centuries.
Meanings of the 4 Directions
Unlike tribes interpret the Medicine Wheel differently. Each of the Four Directions (East, South, West, and Northward) is typically represented by a distinctive colour, such equally blackness, red, xanthous, and white, which for some stands for the human races. The Directions can also stand for:
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Stages of life: birth, youth, adult (or elder), death
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Seasons of the twelvemonth: spring, summer, winter, fall
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Aspects of life: spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical
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Elements of nature: fire (or sun), air, water, and earth
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Animals: Eagle, Carry, Wolf, Buffalo and many others
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Formalism plants: tobacco, sweetness grass, sage, cedar
~Pregnant of the Wolf Symbol~
~Symbolizes Direction, Protection, Strength and Leadership~
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The pregnant of the Wolf symbol is to symbolize direction and leadership and the wolf symbol also embodied both protection and devastation. The Wolf symbol signified strength, endurance, Instinct linked with intelligence, family values and believed to give guidance in dreams and meditation. Many American Indians considered themselves descended from wolves, and thus worshiped the wolf as both a god and an ancestor. According to the Pawnee cosmos myth, the wolf was the first creature to experience death. Some tribes believed that the timber wolves, howling at the moon, were spiritual beings that could speak to the gods and impart magical powers.
~Spider Webs and Spiders Symbol~
~ Symbolizes Invincibility~
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Dakota and Lakota decoration often use the symbol of spider or spider's web. It is believed that any warrior adorned with spider symbol is invincible to arrows and bullets. But as the pointer or bullet can laissez passer through a spider'southward web, leaving it relatively intact, information technology was believed that the projectile would pass through the brave warrior and leave him unharmed. Also, since the spider's spider web is difficult to see unless it is wet, the wearer of spider symbol is given a blazon of invisibility.
In Lakota mythology, spider is both feared and revered. On one side – fear – the trickster is transformed from 1-fourth dimension god of wisdom. On the other side – reverence – Iktomi is credited with giving all creatures their names, shapes, personality and identity. Since he ran out of names before naming himself, he ended up as spider.
For some, spider's legs represent the four winds of change and the four directions on the medicine wheel. Other tribes credit the gift of burn down to spider.
~Ophidian Symbol~
~ Symbolizes fertility, healing and re-nascence~
The Snake symbol has unlike meanings in many Native American tribes. In the Pueblo tribe snakes are symbolic of fertility, in the Ojibwa civilization the snake symbolizes healing and due to its ability to shed its skin other traditions acquaintance the snake with re-birth. All of these symbolize the serpent every bit a beneficial creature but many ancient cultures believe that the snake represents the Underworld and is strongly associated with snake, which is basically a large snake, although usually depicted as a monster.
In Lakota Sioux and Blackfoot mythology, Unhcegila is a snake or serpent-similar monster that was responsible for many unexplained disappearances and deaths. She could swallow a human in one slice or squash him with her weight. Uncegila was a massive reptile that crawl very fast underground and moved even faster on the land. The impact of Unhcegila slime made flesh rot abroad and caused the ground she passed to become infertile.
Snake Myth and Fable: The Avanyu symbol is one of the many snake-like deities that figure in the mythology of some Native American tribes, notably the Pueblo. The Avanyu symbol represented the storm bringer and was continued with lightning, thunderstorms and the guardian of water.
There is a legend that in the get-go of the world winged snakes or serpents reigned upon the globe and snake symbols draw this outcome. There is a symbolic relationship between the sun and the snake because life remains in the snake, until sunset even though the snake might be cutting into a dozen parts. The Hopi Indians consider the ophidian to exist in shut communication with the Earth Spirit. Therefore, at the time of their annual snake dance they send their prayers to the Earth Spirit by first specially sanctifying large numbers of snakes and then liberating them to return to the earth with the prayers of the tribe.
~ Bear Track Symbol~
~Symbolizes Expert Omen and Authority~
The Acquit symbol was of import equally it represented a protector and symbolized authority, physical strength and leadership. The tracks of a predator, such as a comport rails, are used to signal a direction and are also symbols of leadership. The meaning of the Bear Track symbol was to signify a good omen and convey potency. Native American bird and animal symbols and totems are believed to represent the concrete form of a spirit helper and guide.
~ Bird Symbols~
~Symbolizes Bringers of Messages and Symbols of Modify~
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Bird symbols are very special to the Native Americans, their ability to soar to a higher place the clouds, perhaps to the heavens, and their sense of freedom inspired many. The many birds of North America are featured as bird symbols, many having dissimilar meanings to different tribes. Yet, because of their amazing ability of flight, many are revered every bit bringers of messages and symbols of change. They include song birds, water birds and birds of casualty. Birds often symbolized light-hearted liberty and the Feathers take many spiritual & ritual uses.
~ The Turkey~
Turkeys play a multifariousness of roles in the folklore of unlike Native American tribes. In some legends, Turkey is portrayed as a wily, overly-proud trickster character. In others, he is shy and elusive. In parts of Mexico and the American Southwest, turkeys were domesticated and kept as nutrient animals by some tribes, and their function in stories from these tribes is similar to chicken stories from Europe, with the birds mimicking the concerns and activities of human farmers. The Akimel O'odham (Pima) people consider the turkey a rain spirit, and have folk beliefs well-nigh turkeys existence able to predict the conditions.
Numerous Native American Indian legends also deal with birds and the origin of the various colors of feathers. The Navajo tribe believe that when all living things climbed to the stem of a bamboo to escape the Flood, the wild turkey was on the lowest co-operative and his tail feathers trailed in the water. This why the feathers of the turkey have no color - it was all washed out.
~The Crow and the Eagle~
The significant of the Crow symbol signified wisdom and some tribes believed that the Crow had the power to talk and was therefore considered to be one of the wisest of birds.
The Native Americans consider the bald eagle and the golden eagle to be sacred. Bird symbols depicting these birds of prey were mutual in many tribes. The significant of the Eagle symbol was to signify courage, wisdom and strength and its purpose was as the messenger to the Creator and every bit such was revered amongst the Bird Symbols.
The eagle was believed to acquit prayers to the Great Spirit in the Spirit Earth and also had a special connexion with visions. Hawkeye feathers were highly pregnant to the Native American Indians and the bones of eagles were used to make the whistles and flutes used at religious ceremonies and rituals. It was a custom to hold an hawkeye feather aloft when saying a prayer and during special council meetings hawkeye feathers were held as an assurance that the person was telling the truth. Eagle feathers also held a connection to the Great spirit. The eagle had the power to live in the realm of spirit, and withal remain connected and balanced within the realm of Earth. The eagle is therefore ofttimes connected with residuum. Hawkeye Myth: The Abenaki solar deity 'Kisosen' significant "Sun-Bringer" was symbolized as an hawkeye whose wings opened to create the twenty-four hours and whose wings airtight to create the night.
~The Hawk, Hummingbird,the Owl and the Raven~
The Militarist symbol is closely associated with forces such as rain, wind, thunder, and lightning and sometimes referred to every bit a 'thunderer', as do many of the bird symbols. The hawk is as well believed to continuously fly fight, protecting people from the evil spirits of the air.
The hummingbird generally symbolizes joy and playfulness, as well as adaptability. Additional symbolic meanings are:
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Lightness of being, enjoyment of life
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Existence more present
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Independence
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Bringing playfulness and joy in your life
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Lifting upward negativity
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Swiftness, ability to reply quickly
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Resiliency, being able to travel smashing distances tirelessly
Owls were believed to exist messengers from beyond the grave and Owl symbols signified warnings to people who had broken tribal taboos - these bird symbols signified a bad omen.
The Raven symbol signifies that danger has passed and that good luck would follow.
~ Water ~
~ LIFE PURITY REFRESH ~
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The meaning of the Water symbols were very important as water in every course as one of the most vital elements for the sustenance of life. The meaning of the Water symbol was to signify life, fertility and purity
Native American silversmith techniques are regarded highly in the art community for their quality and ability to printing images into the metallic through either inlay or overlay skills. Depending on the tribe, these symbols tin agree a deep pregnant within the community equally a whole and deport a tradition that extends centuries dorsum to their ancestors using the symbols equally a means of communication.
Some of these symbols tin can be quite new, while others are every bit old every bit the tribes themselves. One such symbol is that of the water wave.
For many Native Americans, water was a divine souvenir from the Great Spirit and considered sacred in many regards. The water moving ridge symbol itself is representative of the cycle of life and continual renewal. Just equally the summer gives way to the wintertime, the flavor comes full circumvolve to breathe new life into the world. This is the middle of Native American belief and why nature is regarded so highly and pure in about communities
By adorning jewelry with these symbols, like h2o wave bracelets, it is believed that people tin embody these traits in themselves.
For example, people that article of clothing water wave bracelets volition feel a sense of rejuvenation and revitalization, the purity of water will launder over them and they can feel refreshed for the new day.
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This symbol is commonly prepare into sterling argent and can be found in a continuous pattern, like that of nature. Unremarkably, there will be a row of water waves that loop back to the beginning in a circle, mimicking the conventionalities of nature existence cyclical.
~ PEYOTE/H2o BIRD ~
The H2o Bird is a symbol of the renewal of life, rainy seasons, rivers, distant travel, distant vision & wisdom. It is oft also referred to as the Peyote Bird because the Water Bird plays a significant part in the Native American Indian Church Peyote meetings and, in fact, since the early 1900's has been the symbol of the NAC.
The Peyote/Water Bird is not a Southwest tradition, only i of the Plains Indians. The Peyote Bird is connected with lightning, thunder and visions. Those who dream of the thunder beings will become Heyokas, those who practice things backwards, upside down, or reverse. This is a Lakota fashion of being. It is part of the medicine of the Heyoka to remind the states that we should not accept ourselves too seriously – that'south why Heyoka is often translated as the "sacred clown".
~ HOGANS ~
Ahogan (/ˈhoʊɡɑːn/ or /ˈhoʊɡən/; from Navajohooghan [hoːɣan]) is the primary, traditional habitation of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground domicile, and the sweat business firm. A hogan can be circular, cone-shaped, multi-sided, or square; with or without internal posts; timber or rock walls and packed with earth in varying amounts or a bark roof for a summer business firm,[1]with the door facing eastward to welcome the rising sun for wealth and adept fortune.
~ Thunderbird ~
~Symbolized as the most iconic and powerful of all birds~
Bird symbols, myths and legends: The Thunderbird symbol is 1 of the most iconic Indian signs. The name of the Thunderbird name originates from the belief that the chirapsia of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind and the sound was viewed by some tribes equally an omen of war. The Native Americans believed that the behemothic Thunderbird could shoot lightning from its eyes.
The significant of the Thunderbird as a Native American symbol varies according to the tribe. The Thunderbird symbol is viewed by the sacred heart of the beholder: The prime people of North America who held a vision of celebrity and power concerning this Spirit Bird.
Described equally a supernatural being, the enormous bird was a symbol of power and forcefulness that protected humans from evil spirits. It was called the Thunderbird because the flapping of its powerful wings sounded similar thunder, and lightning would shoot out of its optics. The Thunderbirds brought rain and storms, which could be good or bad. Expert – when the pelting was needed or bad when the pelting came with destructive stiff winds, floods, and fires caused past lightning.
~ MEDICINE Homo AKA SHAMAN EYE ~
~ Spiritual Vision ~
Meaning of the Eye of a Medicine Man Symbol
Native American Indians were a deeply spiritual people and they communicated their history, thoughts, ideas and dreams from generation to generation through Symbols and Signs such equally the Eye of a Medicine Man symbol. Native American symbols are geometric portrayals of celestial bodies, natural phenomena and animal designs. The pregnant of the Centre of a Medicine Human symbol is a very powerful symbol. A Medicine Homo, or Shaman, was believed to have magical powers of Spiritual Healing and of seeing into the future. The outer lines of the symbol represent the four corners of the Universe - North, S, East and West of the concrete world. The inner lines represent the Spirit world, which the Medicine Man had noesis of. The eye circle represents the eye of the Medicine Man and his spiritual vision.
~BIRD TRACKS~
~Symbolized freedom and management~
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Bird tracks symbolizes light-hearted freedom. The tracks of any animal or bird were used to point a direction.
~ Feathers Symbol~
~Symbolized carriers of prayers and messages to the Keen Spirit~
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Prayer Feathers
Native Americans believed prayers and messages were carried to the Great Spirit on the wings of eagles and other fine birds.
Prayer feathers, either unmarried or bundled are used by an individual to offering a prayer to the Great Spirit. The feathers deport your words, thoughts and feelings to the Bully Spirit. Each fourth dimension you look at your prayer feather, your prayers are again sent in your behalf to the Dandy Spirit in the Heavens.
Prayer feathers may be used for smudging or cleansing with fume. The smoke is fanned in the 6 directions E, West, North, South, Earth and Sky cleansing an object, person or thought to the Great Spirit. Sage, cedar, sweet grass, even incense tin exist used for smudging.
Some personal rituals include singing while praying. Information technology is believed singing is 1 way to speak with the grandfathers as well as the Great Spirit.
WIPACI (Cheers) Moonwalker
The symbolic meaning of different feathers and the purpose that they were used for varied from tribe to tribe, however, in all tribes sure feathers were revered. The meaning of the feathers symbol signified honor & connected the user with the Creator. Decorated feathers were sometimes fastened to sacred tobacco pipes during important ceremonies and used as 'smudge' feathers, used to direct the purifying smoke of burning tobacco, cedar, sageor sweet grass in Smudging Rituals.
The feathers of the Scarlet-tailed Hawk and the hawkeye are considered sacred to many Native Americans and are sometimes used in religious ceremonies and rituals. The feathers of brightly colored birds such as blueish jays and cardinals were used for their medicine by spiritual leaders. The feathers of birds were highly esteemed for adornment and symbols of condition. However, owl feathers symbolized death or prophesy.
Numerous Native American Indian legends deal with birds and the origin of the various colors of feathers. The Navajo tribe believe that when all living things climbed to the stem of a bamboo to escape the Flood, the wild turkey was on the lowest branch and his tail feathers trailed in the water. This why the feathers of the wild turkey have no color - information technology was all done out.
~BUTTERFLY~
~Symbolizes Transformation, Beauty and Messenger~
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The meaning of the Butterfly symbol signifies transformation as the ugly caterpillar changes into the cute butterfly. The butterfly is also believed to be a messenger from the spirit world. The message the butterfly brings depends their color. A black butterfly indicates bad news or affliction, yellow brings hope and guidance, brown signifies of import news, ruddy signifies an of import upshot and white signifies proficient luck. A butterfly who lands on your shoulder brings you comfort. According to Native American legends and myths of some tribes the Butterfly played a part in their Creation myth. According to Native American legends and myths of the Pueblo tribes of southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico the Butterfly played a part in their Cosmos myth. The Creator took the most beautiful colors of all living things and placed them into a magical bag. He have the magic purse to the children and when it was opened colored butterflies flew out singing. The children were enchanted by the collywobbles just the song birds were so jealous that the Creator took away the power to sing from the butterfly.
To tribes such as the Blackfoot, the butterfly symbol is associated with slumber and dreams. They believe that dreams are brought to usa in slumber by a butterfly. Women embroider the sign of a butterfly on a small piece of buckskin and tie it to a baby's pilus or on the baby's clothes to encourage the child to become to sleep.
~Cactus Symbol~
~Symbolizes Warmth, Protection and Endurance~
Native American Indians were a deeply spiritual people and they communicated their history, thoughts, ideas and dreams from generation to generation through Symbols and Signs such as the Cactus symbol. Native American symbols are geometric portrayals of celestial bodies, natural phenomena and animal designs. The Cactus is native to barren regions of America and is a plant which is adjusted to extremely dry and hot environments having the ability to conserve water. The meaning of the Cactus symbol was to signify the desert. However, the cactus plant and in particular the yellow cactus blossom symbolizes warmth, protection and endurance. The cactus flower is a symbol of maternal dearest because it can endure and thrive in harsh conditions and therefore symbolic of a female parent's unconditional love. A mother's protective qualities conveyed by the cactus flower due to its medicinal properties. The lurid and juice was used to care for numerous wounds and sickness due to digestive inflammations.
~Corn Plant Symbol~
~Spiritual Offer and Respected Deity~
This was i of the nearly important food crops of the Americas. Corn played an important mythological role in many tribes too-- in some cultures Corn was a respected deity, while in others, corn was a special gift to the people from the Creator or civilisation hero. In addition to its importance as a food source, corn also played a formalism role in many tribes, with sacred corn pollen or cornmeal being used equally ritual adornment and spiritual offerings.
Although the word "corn" comes from a full general Quondam English discussion for a cereal seed (related to "kernel,") the word "maize" has Native American origins: information technology comes from the Spanish version of the indigenous Taino word for the plant,maiz. The names of several corn dishes also come up from Native American languages: hominy, pone and succotash (from Eastern Algonquian languages), sagamite (from Cree,) and chicha (from the Nahuatl, or Aztec language.)
Corn is a common clan symbol in many Native American cultures. Tribes with Corn Clans include the Muskogee Creek tribe (whose Corn Clan was named Atchialgi or Vce'vlke in the Muskogee language), the Navajo, the Mohave, and the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico (many of whom have multiple Corn Clans such as the Bluish Corn Association and Yellow Corn Clan.) Many tribes, such as the Caddo and the Pueblo tribes, likewise have a Corn Dance amidst their tribal dance traditions.
~ Circle Symbol/Medicine Wheel~
~ Symbolizes the cycle of seasons , the cycle of life to death to rebirth and the four elements~
The circle is used as a basis for many symbols including the Sun symbol, the cycle of the seasons and the cycle of life to death to rebirth and the 4 elements.
The circumvolve is symbolic of equality, where no person is more than prominent than whatever other person. Circle meetings ensured that all people were immune to speak and the words spoken were accepted and respected on an equal footing. A circle effectually other Native American symbols signifies family unit ties, closeness & protection. The circle has no intermission and holds that which cannot be cleaved.
~The Circumvolve Symbol - The Cosmic Cross~
~Represents the Elements of the Earth~
The four elements is represented by the Hopi tribe with the following circle, called the "Catholic Cross" or the Cross in the Circle - Solar Cross Symbol. which means the globe. The iv bars represent north, south, e and west.
The individual elements of Air, Fire, H2o and Earth are each represented by a circle.The elements are the four dandy primary forces emanating from the Creator. The burn down circle represents warmth and low-cal. The air symbol represents life. The h2o symbol represents the sustenance of life. The four circles inside the outer outline on the Earth symbol represent the four nations (the first four tribes of mankind) which came to the world to keep residuum. The cross in circle was one of the nigh sacred symbols of Native Americans as it represented the Sunday, Moon and burn down.
~ CROSS ~
Native American Indians of the Mississippian culture were sun worshipers and had a highly circuitous warfare culture. Their symbols, such as the Cross symbol, reverberate the warfare culture and the religious beliefs and cosmologies of the unlike historic tribes who existed at the time of the first European contact. Items displaying symbols, like the Cross symbol, from the Mississippian civilization have been plant in burying sites that independent war axes, knives and other weapons. This type of symbol was embossed in valuable materials such as rare shells, copper and lead and depicted on pottery and stone tools and weapons.
The cross symbol apparently reflected the Mississippian Mound Builder'southward worldview of the sectionalization of club betwixt the Underworld, Middleworld (Earth) and the Upper earth (Heaven).The fundamental bottom half of the cantankerous has a Striped Pole Motif, with alternating bands of red and white, represent the central axis on which all the worlds rotated and were connected. The striped pole forms part of the cantankerous symbolizing the earth's forces, their origin and the manner in which they work. The horizontal line of the picture show consists of many dissimilar cantankerous symbols. Our grasp of Mississippian symbolism is only rudimentary. The truthful meanings of their motifs tin never really be known and the meanings of the symbols are based on best guesses.
~ Broken Cross Symbol - Whirling Logs ~
~ Healing and Protection ~
The Whirling Log symbol is not associated with the Swastika and pre-dates WWII. Long before its advent in WWII, the Whirling Log symbol has been seen every bit a symbol of healing, protection, and well-being not merely past the Navajo people, but too by inhabitants of ancient India, Tibet, and many cultures across Asia. The Whirling Log symbol comes from a Navajo folk tale and is considered to correspond well-existence and good luck. After WWII, this symbol disappeared from most Native American fine art, but information technology can be seen on vintage Navajo weavings, basketry, and jewelry.
The whirling logs symbol is a broken cross symbol, a type of solar cross, with arms aptitude at right angles, suggesting a whirling or turning motion. To Native American Indians, the whirling logs is a symbol of the sun, the four directions, and the iv seasons. The whirling logs shape is clearly evident in this depiction by the Mound Builders. The cleaved cross symbol or the Swastika, is unremarkably known equally the "whirling log" to many Native Indians, though the literal significant in the Navajo linguistic communication "that which revolves".
~ Dominicus Symbol~
~Provider of Light, Life, Growth, Management~
The Sun symbol was of nifty importance to all of the Native American Indian tribes. The sun symbol is depicted in a variety of ways, 3 of the symbols are shown on the epitome. The sun was revered by the Indians equally the provider of low-cal, estrus, the facilitator of crops and represented growth. The rays of the sun signified the cardinal directions, N, South, Due east and West. The Sun Trip the light fantastic was a formalism trip the light fantastic toe performed by N American Plains Indians in honor of the sun at the summer solstice.
~The Sunday Symbol - Mythology~
Abenaki Lord's day Myth: The Abenaki solar deity 'Kisosen' pregnant "Sun-Bringer" was symbolized as an eagle whose wings opened to create the solar day and whose wings closed to create the dark. In Lakota Sioux mythology, a sun deity called Wi is one of the well-nigh supreme gods and is associated with the American Bison.
~Pelting Cloud/Lightning Commodities Symbol~
~Change, Renewal, Swiftness and Fertility~
The meaning of the Rain Cloud/Lightening Commodities symbol is represented by the conditions related symbols of rain, lightening and clouds. These are all of import symbols representing change, renewal & fertility. The weather is constantly irresolute and the power to change and produce water for sustenance was essential to life. The lightening symbol is extremely powerful and is closely associated to theThunderbird, a powerful spirit in the form of a supernatural bird from which lightning flashed from its eyes and its bill.
~Morning Star Symbol~
~Hope and Guidance~
The Morn Star symbolizes hope and guidance. The forenoon star is the brightest star in the sky at dawn. The morning time star is actually the planet Venus as seen in the eastern sky effectually dawn. It is used by many Native American Indian tribes and usually has meanings related to past spirits and ancestors. In many of the Native American cultures the ancestors were represented as stars. For additional data on this subject refer to Star Nautical chart & Astrology. The Swell Plains Indians laurels the morning star as a sign of courage and purity of spirit. The Ghost Dance Religion used it as a symbol of the coming renewal of tradition and resurrection of the heroes of the past.
~The Morning Star Symbol and the Shaman~
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The Organized religion, Ceremonies and Beliefs of the American Native Indians were dominated past Shamanism in which a religious leader, called a Shaman, acted equally a medium between the visible and spirit worlds. Two Paiute prophets, or shamans, named Wodziwob and Wovoka, introduced the Ghost Trip the light fantastic in a mystical ceremony designed to re-constitute the native culture and restore the environment to pre-European levels. The Morning time Star symbol is closely associated with Sitting Balderdash, another famous shaman. The symbol of a Shaman is oftentimes associated with the following shaman lord's day symbol and the similarities between the symbol and Morning star symbol are evident.
~ Coyote Symbol~
~Trickster, Shape Shifter and Transformer~
The Coyote is depicted as a Trickster spirit. Co-ordinate to one Miwok creation myth "Coyote shook his walik" (something similar to a blanket of tule) to the iv directions southward, due east, due north and w. The h2o dried, and land appeared. The meaning of the Coyote symbol was very of import to the Southwest Indian tribes including the Navajo and the Zuni. The coyote is perceived as holy but also adopts the role of a Trickster. Sometimes the Coyote spirit was and so mischievous and involved in his own trickery that he would play a joke on himself which is why, according to mythology, there are and then many mistakes in the mode things are in the world. The coyote is also associated with Spiritual Healing and "Coyote way" is a healing ceremony that consists of a serial of prayer chants and other rituals which are performed over a period of several days. The Coyote appears in the stories of a number of tribes. In the following movie Coyote attempts to get persimmons from Opossum in traditional native American Caddo mythology.
The coyote symbol represents the the prairie wolf and is small and cowardly, the least imposing of the wolf similar animals. In Native American myths and legends the contemptible coyote symbolizes selfishness, cant and greed. He is often outwitted by the animals who he tries to trick. Those he helps do non bear witness the coyote gratitude. All the same, despite this the coyote is perceived equally a powerful magician bringing the earth to some club although this might not take been his intention.
The Coyote symbol is in a fact a pictogram. A pictogram, likewise called a pictograph, conveys a story and pregnant through pictures that signify and resemble the shapes of physical objects or people. An Idea gram is another class of pictogram which conveys complex ideas, feelings and emotions. A pictogram, such as the one recognized as a Coyote symbol, is a therefore a course of writing which uses representational, pictorial drawings to tell a story. Did you know that the coyote was used to make Native American Quivers?
~KACHINA~
~ Spiritual Being ~
Akachina (/kəˈtʃiːnə/; besideskatchina,katcina, orkatsina; Hopi:katsina is the plural /kətˈsiːnə/) is a spirit beingness in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people, Native American cultures located in the southwestern part of the United States. In the Pueblo culture, kachina rituals are good by the Hopi, Zuni, Hopi-Tewa and sure Keresan Tribes, every bit well as in almost Pueblo Tribes in New Mexico. The kachina concept has three different aspects: the supernatural beingness, thekachina dancers, andkachina dolls, small dolls carved in the likeness of the kachina, that are given but to those who are, or volition be responsible for the respectful intendance and well-being of the doll, such as a mother, wife, or sister.
~Dancer Symbol~
~Commemoration or Ritual~
The significant of the Dancer symbol was to signify a celebration or ritual trip the light fantastic toe, which often had religious symbolism amongst the Native American Indian tribes. Famous Native American dances include the Buffalo dance, Hawkeye Dance, Light-green Corn Ceremony, Hoop Trip the light fantastic, Scalp Trip the light fantastic, Rainmaking or Sun Trip the light fantastic and the Turkey dance. These ceremonies held a very important place in the culture and religion of the Native Indians and the dancer signified that such a ritual had taken identify.
~ Deer Track Symbol~
~Direction, Safe, Prosperity and Shelter~
The significant of the Deer Track symbol was to signify that hunting in the area was plentiful. The tracks of an animal, such equally a deer, were used to bespeak a direction. The pregnant of the Deer Track symbol was to signify the presence of deer in the area and indicate where they had been found, or the direction they were taking. The deer track symbol also symbolized safety, prosperity, and shelter. The deer was important to many Indian tribes as it provided a good means of sustenance providing food and clothing for the tribe. Native American Indians prayed to the deer to requite them a adept hunt and in render promised to take no more than was essential for the survival of the tribe. Words of gratitude were oftentimes spoken over the body of the deer. The deer symbolized gentleness, grace and what is necessary for survival. The deer also represented family protection.
~ Dragonfly Symbol~
~Happiness, Speed and Purity~
The meaning of the Dragonfly symbol was to signify happiness, speed and purity. The dragonfly also represents transformation and life's ever constant process of change. The dragonfly is a long tailed, four winged insect that inhabit the waters and wetlands of North America, as do many snakes. This symbolism is based on the life of a dragonfly which in showtime yr or more of their lives, they live in the water as nymphs. They then metamorphose, change, into the flying creature we recognize equally the dragonfly. The Southwest Indian civilization use the term "snake doctor" in reference to a legend that dragonflies follow snakes around and sew together them back together if they are injured. For the Navajotribe the dragonfly is the symbol for pure h2o.
~ Pulsate Symbol~
~Heartbeat of Mother Earth~
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The pregnant of the Drum symbol was to signify the heartbeat of female parent earth. American Indian drums were of great influence and importance, they are used in diverse ways to interact with a higher power known to most as the Great Spirit. The drum plays an intricate part in the rituals and ceremonies of the Indians. The traditional Native American drum is quite large, two to iii anxiety in diameter. Drums are made from the natural resources bachelor to them and so vary in pattern from one region to another but they are basically made from a hollowed out log or wooden frame. The opening is is covered with a deer pare or elk skin which is stretched and secured with thongs fabricated of animate being sinew. The pulsate is essential to the rituals and ceremonies that feature dancing as they provide the crush and rhythm to dance to. The pulsate symbol would indicate that an important event had taken place in the tribe.
~ Kokopelli Symbol~
~Fertility, Joy and Alter~
Kokopelli is a fertility deity of some Southwest Native American cultures. Kokopelli is normally depicted equally a hunchbacked, dancing flute thespian. Kokopelli is often depicted with a large phallus and wearing antlers or horns on his caput. Antlers and horns signified spiritual power, especially when applied to animals that did non ordinarily have them such as Birds, Panthers, Avanyu and Snakes (Serpents). In some tribes the Kokopelli is believed to be a companion to the Avanyu. Symbols of this ancient deity has been found on prehistoric American rock carvings.
The Kokopelli symbol is represented in a number of guises depicting his office as a source of music making and dancing and spreading joy. The distinguishing features of the Kokopelli symbol are his hunchback, his dancing pose and his flute. The hunch on his dorsum represented the sack he carried which might comprise seeds for the harvest, the songs he carried and cute rainbows. The flute he plays symbolizes his music that changes the winter to spring. There are many legends and myths about Kokopelli. He is believed to travel from village to village bringing the change of the season and bringing rain for a successful harvest.
~ KNIFE WING ~
~ Warrior Protection ~
Beloved Knife Wing, hero of hundreds of sociology tales, also appears repeatedly in Zuni art. Half man, half hawkeye, adorned with traditional knife-shaped feathered wings and a characteristically terraced hat, Knife Wing symbolizes warrior protection. The spirit of this symbol is carried into boxing or other life threatening situations. Indeed, before some Zuni Pueblos went off to war, they used to tattoo Pocketknife Wing figures on their bodies, to assure wisdom, courage, and strength in battle.
~Yei Symbol~
~Healer and Messenger~
The Yei is a mythical figure that symbolizes various healing powers.
Yei , also known as *Yei Bi Chi, is known as a holy figure in the Navajo culture. Yei"due south are the supernatural beings that allow advice between the Navajo people and their Gods. One Navajo creative person says, "They are the keepers of the door to the other world."
~Rainbow Man~
~Harmony and Restoration of the Earth~
The "Rainbow Man" is a Yei deity who commands the rainbow, giving beauty to all those in harmony. It is thought that his sack was made of clouds full of rainbows or seeds. The "Rainbow Kokopelli" represents the Yei symbol of harmony.
"One 24-hour interval... there would come a time, when the globe being ravaged and polluted, the forests being destroyed, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, the fish beingness poisoned in the streams, and the copse would no longer be, mankind as we would know information technology would all but cease to exist '
This is how the 'Rainbow prophecy' begins, as retold by a woman of the Cree Indian nation of America over a century ago. The Cree are one of the largest groups of the First Nations Native Americans in North America. At that place are over 135 bands of Cree living in Canada, with a total population of approximately 200,000 today. The Rainbow prophecy, as it has come to be known, refers to the keepers of the legends, rituals, and other myths that will be needed when the time comes to restore the wellness on Earth. It is believed that these legendary beings will return on a twenty-four hour period of enkindling, when all people will unite and create a new earth of justice, peace and freedom, and they will be named the 'Warriors of the Rainbow'. They will reteach the values and the cognition that has been lost in time, demonstrating how to accept wisdom and extra-perception, and how unity, harmony and love is the only way forward.
~ TURTLE ~
~ Good Health and Long Life ~
Theturtle is a sacred figure in Native American symbolism as it represents Female parent Earth. The pregnant of theTurtle symbol signifies good wellness and long life. Theturtle has smashing longevity living up to 150 years.
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