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**Heroes of Native American Mythology** In Native American mythology the trickster god and the culture heroes are combined. Myths of culture heroes describe the actions and character of beings who are responsible for the discovery of a particular artifact or technological process. A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to a group that discovers or finds something. There are lots of different types of heroes in Native American mythology. Here i am going to explain some of the Native American culutral heros and what they did, most culture heros create something.

**Coyote** The Coyote can be viewed either as a trickster god or as a cultural hero. This character is a male with some features of a coyote such as fur, pointed ears, yellow eyes, tail and claws. Coyote appears as the creator himself and he also has the ability to transform. In some stories he is hansom. His major heroic attributes are transforming, high deeds and power. He also sets laws so that men may live in peace. Coyote also fought against monster and it is said that he fought and killed Thunderbird. The Coyote stole the sun to keep them warm. He also becomes the moon and sees everything that happens on Earth and whatever went wronged he would yell people got mad and they replaced him. He causes lots of trouble and appears in lots of creation myths; he is often a trickster but often changes and transforms.



Long Arrow was born deaf and was orphaned at a young age. Later on he gained his hearing back under Good Running’s care. He later wanted to go and repay his adoption father for his love and guidance. But had to go through a long journey. Good Running told him about a animal named Pono-Kamita. Everyone who went and tried to capture this animal failed and never returned. Long Arrow wasn’t afraid and his journey would be filled with danger. He had to go through the spirit world down to the lake. As he was going to reach it he fell into a deep sleep and was guided by a spirit child to his grandfather Pono-Kamita. Cause of his completion of his journey he was given control over a herd of Elk dogs.
 * Long Arrow **



**Gluskap** Gluskap created the world and helped people with their situations. He was responsible for making all good things happen. He had an evil brother Malsum that created the mountains and valleys. There are many different stories about Gluskap and how he served his people. He taught people how to hunt weave fish and many other things that would be useful. In one of the stories Gluskap goes and fights a monster that seals water and he fights the monster and turns him into a bullfrog.



**Spider Women** It is said that the spider women created the earth. Some Native American tribes believe this because they say that from a woman all life springs. However several tribes consider the Spider Woman to be just a earthly goddess. She began her creations by singing. First she developed the universe in four sections east, west, north and south. And then immediately came the sun and moon which banished darkness away. Later she took rocks and created mountains, oceans and deserts.



Native Americans were the first people in America. They told stories to pass their history from generation to generation. Some stories were used to explain origins of natural events. There are many differ tribes in Native American mythology. These groups developed their own stories about the creation of the world. Native American mythology contains lots of tricksters, gods and heroes. A trickster may act as a culture hero, a culture hero may be an animal, an animal may be a creator figure, and a creator may have a capacity for destruction. In some of these myths the heroes became trickster gods and changed in lots of myth stories. It is because the trickster gods and the culture heroes are combined. Culture heroes make the earth a better place. They help the people a lot. Lots of heroes taught the people how to live also how to fish. Many stories explain how the actions of gods, heroes, and ancestors gave the earth its present form.



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