Mythological Animism of the Mississippi
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – Thought I would share a very local Native American Legend: The Piasa Bird which is really a Dragon and thought to be a Underwater Panther which means its an Underworld Panther. The Piasa is famous as a painting by the Native Americans on the stone bluffs near Alton, Illinois. […]
Slavic Zloty Zmienia Sacred Rattle
By Phoenix the Elder – The first time I made my first rattle was with a local healer who was Native American and she invited me to her rattle-making circle. We spent the day cutting, sewing, singing, setting our intentions, and the doing ceremony. We were to leave all the rattles to dry, filled with […]
Chaga
By Phoenix the Elder – I am on Kevin Finney Caoimhín Feinneadha Native American nature page and he shares some wonderful ways to live with nature and her support. He is a northern native of Michigan and I ran across his post where he commented: “Until about 16 years ago, I had never heard the […]
Great Spirit Manitou
Compilation with additions by Phoenix the Elder – I never write about Native American lore or their teachings because I have my own Slavic Indigenous traditions, but I now live near the Piasa Dragon-Bird petroglyph that was kept updated over the decades and the word Manitou seems to have been served on my plate. Along […]