La Mythologie Creek-Seminole regroupe les peuples amérindiens suivants : Creek, Muscogee, Muskogee, Mvskoke, Séminole, Alabama, Alobimon, Alibamu, Coushatta, Koasati, Hitchiti
Les Creeks sont un peuple amérindien qui vivait à l’origine au sud-est des États-Unis, ils font partie des Cinq tribus civilisées. Ils se nomment eux-mêmes les Muscogee ou Muskogee. Cette dernière appellation qu’ils utilisent de nos jours, s’écrit Mvskoke selon l’orthographe traditionnelle. Les Muscogees vivent aujourd’hui principalement en Oklahoma, Alabama, Géorgie et Floride. Leur langue, le Mvskoke, fait partie de la famille des langues muskogéennes. Les Séminoles sont de proches parents des Muscogees et parlent également la langue creek.
La nation séminole a émergé au XVIIIe siècle ; elle était composée d’Indiens des actuels États de Géorgie, du Mississippi, de l’Alabama, et de Floride, le plus souvent issus de la nation Creek mais aussi d’Afro-Américains fuyant l’esclavage de Géorgie (voir Séminoles noirs).
Les Alabama, Alibamons ou Alibamu sont une tribu amérindienne des États-Unis appartenant à la confédération des Creeks, originaires de ce qui est devenu l’État d’Alabama auquel ils ont donné leur nom. Après avoir été déplacés au Texas au XVIIIe et début du XIXe siècle sous la pression des colons européens-américains, ils se sont unis aux Coushatta (Koasati) pour devenir l’actuelle tribu Alabama-Coushatta, tout en conservant une langue propre, la langue alabama.
Les Coushattas (ou encore Koasatis) sont un peuple amérindien qui vivait à l’origine dans l’État américain de la Louisiane, dans le Sud des États-Unis. Le peuple coushatta était composé d’agriculteurs qui faisaient pousser du maïs et d’autres plantes, consommées en complément des produits de la chasse. Il a développé un artisanat de qualité, notamment la fabrication de paniers.
Les Hitchiti étaient une tribu du peuple Creek qui résidait principalement dans un village portant le même nom sur la rive est de la Chattahoochee, dans l’ouest de la Géorgie.
Mythologie Creek-Seminole (textes)
- 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
- How Day And Night Were Divided
- Bead-Spitter And Thrown-Away
- The Orphan
- Thunder Helper
- The Origin of Corn
- The Orphan and the Origin of Corn
- The Orphan and the Origin of Corn (Second Version)
- The Orphan and the Origin of Corn (Second Version)
- The Only Son and Rabbit
- The Origin of Tobacco
- The Origin of Tobacco (Second Version)
- The Origin of Tobacco (Third Version)
- Man-eater and the Little Girl
- The Water Panther (Leopard)
- How the Alligator’s Nose Was Broken
- Story of the Bat
- The Friendly Dogs
- The Hunter and His Dogs
- The Monster Lizard
- The Hunter, the Monster Lizard, and the Panther
- The Hunter, the Monster Lizard, and the Panther (Second Version)
- The Racing Snake
- The Man Who Became A Snake
- The Man Who Became A Snake (Second Version)
- The Man Who Became A Snake (Third Version)
- The Man Who Became A Snake (Fourth Version)
- The Man Who Became A Snake (Fifth Version)
- The King of the Tie-Snakes
- The Story of the Turkey
- The Monster Turtle
- The Monster Turtle (Second Version)
- The Big Rock Man
- The Woman and the Monster Earthworm
- The Fawn, the Wolves, and the Terrapin
- How the Terrapin’s Back Came to be in Checks
- How the Terrapin’s Back Came to be in Checks (Second Version)
- Why the Opossum Has No Hair On His Tail
- Why the Opossum Has No Hair On His Tail (Second Story)
- The Race Between the Crane and the Humming Bird
- Rabbit Gets Man-eater Over to the Other Side of the Ocean
- Rabbit Gets Man-eater Over to the Other Side of the Ocean (Second Version)
- Rabbit Gets Man-eater Over to the Other Side of the Ocean (Third Version)
- Rabbit Gets Man-eater Over to the Other Side of the Ocean (Fourth Version)
- Rabbit Steals Fire
- Rabbit Tries a Game of Scratch With Wildcat
- Rabbit Gets a Turkey For Wildcat
- Rabbit Gets a Turkey For Wildcat
- Raccoon Gets a Deer For Panther
- Rabbit Engineers a Tug of War Between Two Tie-Snakes
- Rabbit Engineers a Tug of War Between Two Tie-Snakes (Second Version)
- Rabbit Engineers a Tug of War Between Two Tie-Snakes (Third Version)
- Rabbit Engineers a Tug of War Between Tie-Snake And Man-eater
- Rabbit Engineers a Tug of War Between Two Bison
- Rabbit Fools Alligator
- Rabbit Fools Alligator (Second Version)
- Terrapin Races
- Terrapin Races (Second Version)
- Terrapin Races (Third Version)
- Terrapin Races (Fourth Version)
- Terrapin Races (Fifth Version)
- The Bungling Host
- How Rabbit Won His Wife’s Sister For His Second Wife
- Turkey, Turtle, And Rattlesnake
- The Tasks of Rabbit
- The Tasks of Rabbit (Second Version)
- The Tasks Of Rabbit (Third Version)
- Why the Rabbit Steals
- Why the Opossum Looks Ashamed
- How Rabbit Got the Widow’s Daughter
- How Rabbit Got the Widow’s Daughter (Second Version)
- Rabbit Fools Coyote
- Rabbit Rides Wolf
- Rabbit Rides Wolf (Second Version)
- Rabbit Rides Wolf (Third Version)
- The Tar Baby
- Rabbit Deceives the Other Animals
- Rabbit Escapes From the Box
- Rabbit’s Imposition is Detected
- The Flight to the Tree
- Cow and Dog are Discontented
- The Language of Animals
- The Origin of Races
- The Origin of Races (Second Version)
- The Ordering of Field Work
- The Devil’s Tasks
- The Boy and the Lion
- The Animal Helpers
- A Bear Drive
- A Legend Recorded By Bartram
- he Creation of the Earth
- The Monkey Girl
- The Celestial Canoe
- When Bear Lost Fire
- Rabbit and Big Man-Eater
- Rabbit and the Turkeys
- Origin of the Indians
- Origin of the Alabama Indians
- The Flood
- The Swinging Grapevines
- Fire
- Another Fire Story
- The Rescue of the Sun
- How Water Was Lost and Recovered
- Thunder
- The Monster Deer
- The Deer Taboos
- Bead-spitter
- Big Man-eater and the Persimmon Tree
- The Obstacle Flight
- The Obstacle Flight (Second Version)
- Lodge Boy and Thrown-Away
- The Orphan
- The Orphan (Second Version)
- The Celestial Skiff
- The Men Who Went to the Sky
- The Men Who Went to the Sky (Second Version)
- The Men Who Went to the Sky (Third Version)
- The Friends
- The Dead Wife
- The Hunter and His Ghostly Visitants
- The Ghost
- The Owl Wives
- Ghost
- Adventures With Supernatural Beings
- The Sapia
- The Pygmies
- The Bear People
- The Bear People (Second Version)
- The Bear’s Revenge
- The Alligator Benefactor
- The Alligator Benefactor (Second Version)
- The Man and the Alligator
- The Owl and the Hawk
- The Owl and the Hawk (Second Version)
- The Big Lizard (Hanabia Tcoba)
- The Black Snake
- The Woman Who Turned Into a Snake
- The Eagle’s Nest
- The Man Who Rescued His Wife By Strategy
- A Fight Between the Alabama and the Choctaw
- The Girl Captives
- The Alabama and Choctaw Wars
- A War Between the Alabama and the Choctaw
- The Captive Alabama
- Crane and Hummingbird Race
- Terrapin Races
- Opossum
- Terrapin And The Wolves
- Rabbit And Big Man-eater
- Rabbit And Big Man-eater (Second Version)
- Rabbit Kills Big Man-eater
- The Tar Baby
- Rabbit and the Box
- The Bungling Host
- The Flight to the Tree
- Money-Spitter
- The Monster
- Story of the Mule’s Return
- Some Short Stories
- Bear, Tiger, Rattlesnake, And Fire
- The Origin of Tobacco
- The Origin of Wolves
- The Boy and the Wizards
- The Man-eating Bird
- The Visit to the Nest of the Monster Bird
- A Strange Turkey Catches People and Carries Them Up to the Sky
- The Deer Women
- The Hunter and His Dogs
- The Hunter And His Dogs (Second Version)
- The Man and the Owl
- The Orphan And The Owl
- The Alligator That Stole a Man
- Story of the Lizard
- The Monster Lizard
- The Hunter and the Tie-Snake
- The Man Who Became a Snake
- The Water People
- A Rip Van Winkle Story
- The Wolves and the Dogs
- The Deer Kills Himself Against a Tree
- Terrapin Races
- Heron and Humming Bird
- The Theft of Fire
- The Theft of Fire (Second Version)
- The Tasks of Rabbit
- Tie-Snake and Rabbit
- Rabbit Rides Wolf
- Rabbit and Wolf
- Rabbit and Wildcat
- Rabbit and Wildcat
- Rabbit and Wildcat
- The Tar Baby
- The Tar Baby (Second Version)
- The Bungling Host
- Rabbit Is Sent With Medicine
- Man and Rabbit
- Man And Rabbit
- Rabbit and the Old Man
- A War Story
- Walnut-Cracker
- The Unfaithful Wife
- Stories 43-45
- The Ordering of the Months and Seasons
- The Pleiades
- The Stars-In-A-Row
- The Star Husbands
- A Story of the Origin of Corn and Tobacco
- Corn Woman
- How the Water Was Lost and Recovered
- The Submarine People
- Sickness
- The Six Brothers
- The Still Crawling Sister
- Bead-Spitter
- The Story of an Orphan
- The Wicked Mother-in-law
- The Orphan Boy And Rabbit
- The Story of Crow
- The Obstacle Flight
- The Obstacle Flight (Second Version)
- Thunder And Laigatonōhona
- Thunder
- The Giant Elk
- The Giant Deer (Second Version)
- The Hero From Under the Water
- Pigeon Hawk Brings Down the Iron
- The Monster Black Snake
- Story of Two Brothers Who Tried to Restore Their Sister to Life
- A Story of the Bear Clan
- The Orphan and the Bear
- The Bear’s Revenge
- The Man and the Deer Women
- The Man and the Eagle
- The Old Dog Saves His Master
- The Pigeon Hawk’s Gift
- The Owl Persecutors
- The Owl Persecutors (Second Version)
- The Monster Lizard
- The Story of Life-Eater
- The Man Who Treated a Ghost
- The Owl and the Turkey
- The Story of Owl and Little Yellow Mouse
- The Story Of Wåhgalānoh
- The Story of Opossum
- The Story of Opossum (Second Version)
- Opossum and Panther in Partnership
- Opossum and Skunk
- Panther and Rattlesnake
- Tadpole and Crawfish
- The Wolf and the Terrapin
- Crane and Humming Bird
- The Conceit of Tciktcinigåsi
- Locust and Ant
- The Dog and the Heron
- Rabbit Obtains Fire
- Rabbit Obtains Fire
- Rabbit Fools Big Man-eater
- Rabbit and Big Man-eater Swap
- Rabbit Plays Pranks On Big Man-eater
- Rabbit and the Ducks
- The Tar Baby
- Rabbit and the Turkeys
- The Bungling Host
- Rabbit and Buzzard
- Rabbit Fools Wildcat
- The Flight to the Tree
- Money-Spitter
Livres sur la mythologie Muskogée
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Uniquement en anglais :
- 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
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