Okay so when a First Nations person wears like, one or two feathers attached to a leather throng like a hair jewelry thing, what is that called ( Read more... )

Writing a story set in America in the 1870s and I need some examples of folk rituals/folk beliefs for cures of spiritual/supernatural ailments. I have vague recollections of things like leaving a silver coin in the hollow of an old tree from Mark Twain's works, but my cursory research (Googling using "folk rituals" "folk beliefs" "cure for curses ( Read more... )

Do any of you know of a mythological character/creature symbolizing rebirth or renewal, preferably originating in North America? Something like the Egyptian/Asian phoenix (although not necessarily a bird ( Read more... )

Setting: Seattle area, modern era. I googled three different topics, so each is under a cut.

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For years now, I've been trying to track down the answer to this question, and I thought I'd try here because everyone here is so helpful. ^_ ( Read more... )

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Apologies for the vague and general question-God knows we've had one too many of those recently. I am looking for a monster. Or a ghost, or weird happening, preferably specific to either American folklore, or Native American folklore and religion, located within the vicinity of the states of Arkansas, northern Louisiana, Missouri, Tennesee and ( Read more... )

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Okay -

So, pretty much anywhere you go in the US that has electrica/telephone cables strung along the telephone poles ... you'll find sneakers thrown so they loop over the cables that cross intersections.

Is there any urban legends/myths/folk tales about why people do this or what they mean?

Thanks

ETA:Thanks everybody! It looks like the ( Read more... )

Allright. Old southern (United States) superstitions ( Read more... )