Magic in North America

Hoodoo and conjure, Appalachian folk magic, Indigenous ceremony (some of it closed to outsiders), modern Paganism and the stage magic of Houdini to Las Vegas. 187 entries on EveryJaadu so far.

KindTradition Rite Charm Oracle Substance Being Figure Text Illusion Belief

PurposeProtection Healing Seeing and foretelling Luck and prosperity Love and attraction Cursing and harm Cleansing and purification Speaking with spirits and the dead Change and initiation Binding and oaths Power and authority Wonder and entertainment

WhoShamans Folk healers Priests and ritual specialists Witches, sorcerers and cunning folk Diviners and readers Mediums and the possessed Ceremonial magicians and alchemists Households and ordinary people Stage magicians Scholars and sceptics

BeliefHindu and Tantric Buddhist Jain Muslim and Sufi Jewish Christian Sikh Zoroastrian Shinto and Taoist Indigenous and shamanic African and Afro-diasporic Pagan and Neopagan Esoteric and occult Folk and village custom Secular and stage Other traditions

OccasionWeddings and betrothal Festivals Birth and childhood Death and remembrance Harvest, farming and weather New year Initiation and coming of age Illness and misfortune Journeys and voyages Everyday use

StandingLiving Revived Fading Historical Legendary Performed

OrderBest known A to Z Newest Living first

🇺🇸 United StatesRed Ghost A legendary red camel with a skeleton rider from Arizona frontier folkloreFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBigfoot A large, hairy humanoid creature of North American folklore and cryptozoologyFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇺🇸 United StatesSkunk ape A large, hairy humanoid cryptid said to live in Florida swamps and forestsFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇺🇸 United StatesLoveland frog A legendary humanoid creature sighted in Ohio, often linked to urban folklore and local tourism.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreFur-bearing troutLoðsilungur A legendary fish with a coat of fur, found in North American and Icelandic tall tales.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary 🇬🇱 Greenland and 2 moreThe Goose Wife A circumpolar myth of a hunter and a woman who sheds her bird skinFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary 🇺🇸 United StatesAlfred Bulltop Stormalong A giant sailor from New England tall tales and sea shantiesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

🇨🇦 CanadaChasse-galerieLa Chasse-galerie A French-Canadian folktale about lumberjacks who fly a canoe to visit lovers on New Year's EveFigure · Love and attraction · Wonder and entertainment Legendary

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Skunk ape: MikesMegapixels, CC BY 3.0, source
Bigfoot: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin, Public domain, source
Loveland frog: Tim Bertelink, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fur-bearing trout: Samantha Marx, CC BY 2.0, source
Chasse-galerie: Henri Julien, Public domain, source

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