The Mythology Creek-Seminole includes the following Native American peoples: Creek, Muscogee, Muskogee, Mvskoke, Seminole, Alabama, Alobimon, Alibamu, Coushatta, Koasati, Hitchiti
The Creeks are a Native American people who originally lived in the Southeastern United States, they are part of the Five Civilized Tribes. They call themselves the Muscogee Where Muskogee. This last name that they use nowadays, is written Mvskoke according to the traditional spelling. Muscogees today live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Their language, Mvskoke, is part of the Muskogean language family. The Seminoles are close relatives of the Muscogees and also speak the creek language.
The nation seminole emerged in the XVIIIe century; it was made up of Indians from the current states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, most often from the Creek nation but also African-Americans fleeing slavery in Georgia (see Black Seminoles) .
The Alabama, Alibamons Where Alibamu are a Native American tribe of the United States belonging to the Creeks confederacy, originating from what became the state of Alabama to which they gave their name. After being moved to Texas in the XVIIIe and early nineteenthe century under pressure from European-American settlers, they united with the Coushatta (Koasati) to become the current Alabama-Coushatta tribe, while retaining their own language, the Alabama language.
The Coushattas (or Koasatislisten)) are a Native American people who originally lived in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the southern United States. The Coushatta people were made up of farmers who grew maize and other plants, which were eaten in addition to the products of the hunt. He has developed quality craftsmanship, in particular the manufacture of baskets.
The Hitchiti were a tribe of the Creek people who resided primarily in a village of the same name on the eastern shore of the Chattahoochee in western Georgia.
Creek-Seminole Mythology (texts)
- Bead-Spitter And Thrown-Away
- Big Man-Eater And The Persimmon Tree
- How Rabbit Fooled Alligator
- The Cussitaws Come East
- White Potato Clan
- Creek-Natchez Flood Myth
- The Fox and the Fry Bread
- Why Bluejay Has a Scratchy Voice
- The Origin of Bats
- How the Possum Got Her Pouch
- Origin of the Ball Post and the Rat's Tale
- The Little Flying Bat and the Ball Game
- Why the Alligator Looks That Way
- The Alligator Finds Some Trouble
- Why Coastal Trees Are Crooked
- The Brother Who Became a Snake
- The Panther and the Deer
- The Rabbit Steals Fire
- Rabbit's Many Tasks
- The Selfish Woman
- The Sacred Nature of Cedar
- The Creation Story
- How the Turtle's Shell Came to Be Broken
- Why Some Turtles Have Smooth Shells
- The Origin of Clans
- The Milky Way
Books on Muskogean Mythology
Comics / Illustrated:
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Only in English:
- Cherokee Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of a Native American Tribe
- Cherokee Myths and Legends: Thirty Tales Retold
- Choctaw Tales
- Legends of the Seminoles
- Indian Creek Chronicles
- Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians
- Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales
- Native American Legends of the Southeast
- Aunt Mary, Tell Me a Story: A Collection of Cherokee Legends & Tales