Results for "culture hero"
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🇨🇦 CanadaNanabozhoᓇᓇᐳᔓ
A shapeshifting spirit and trickster in Anishinaabe storytelling from North AmericaBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Living
🇨🇳 ChinaNüwa女媧
A Chinese mother goddess who created humanity and repaired the skyFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 2 morePolynesian mythology
The oral traditions and legends of the Polynesian peoples across the PacificTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇨🇳 ChinaXirang息壤
A magical soil in Chinese mythology that expands to control flood watersSubstance · Protection Legendary
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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nanabozho: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nüwa: 山胖z, CC BY 3.0, source
- Polynesian mythology: Makemake at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source