Native American Wedding Blessings We have collected some of the best Native American wedding blessings, prayers, and vows to use in your nuptials. May these readings bring you comfort and peace of mind. Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between...
List Of Native American Deities List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of the deity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items from reliable sources. North American deities Tribe or group Deity or spirit Notes...
Mythologies Of The Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas This article covers the Mythologies of The Indigenous Peoples of The Americas in detail. The indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies. Some are quite distinct, but certain themes are shared across the cultural boundaries. North America There...
Native American Church The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and Christianity, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote. The religion originated in the Oklahoma Territory (1890-1907) in the late nineteenth century, after peyote was...
What Is Deity? A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as “a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion)”, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as “a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively,...
The Great Spirit The Great Spirit has at times been conceptualized as an “anthropomorphic celestial deity,” a God of creation, history and eternity, who also takes a personal interest in world affairs and might regularly intervene in the lives of human beings. There have been, and may be, many different speakers...
Native American Prayers And Blessings We have collected some of the best Native American Prayers and Blessings to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Native Americans, also...