Haida mythology

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Haida mythology is the traditional body of stories, beliefs, and spiritual teachings of the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, featuring powerful animal beings, complex origin tales, and rich oral traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Haida mythology canonical 3
Haida trickster tales 1

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Statements (105)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Coast mythology ⓘ
belief system ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
indigenous mythology ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
spiritual tradition ⓘ
centralCultureHero Raven ⓘ
centralTrickster Raven ⓘ
hasBelief efficacy of ritual and ceremony ⓘ
existence of supernatural beings ⓘ
importance of reciprocity with the natural world ⓘ
multiple spirit worlds ⓘ
power of animal spirits ⓘ
presence of spirit in all things ⓘ
shamanic power ⓘ
transformability of beings ⓘ
hasCharacter Bear ⓘ
linked to: bear

Eagle ⓘ
Killer Whale ⓘ
Raven ⓘ
Sea Wolf ⓘ
ancestors ⓘ
supernatural shamans ⓘ
hasCulture Haida culture ⓘ
hasDeity Bear ⓘ
Eagle ⓘ
Killer Whale ⓘ
Raven ⓘ
Sea Wolf ⓘ
Supernatural beings of the sea ⓘ
Supernatural beings of the sky ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Haida people ⓘ
linked to: Haida Nation
hasFunction encode social laws ⓘ
explain natural phenomena ⓘ
express spiritual beliefs ⓘ
preserve historical memory ⓘ
reinforce clan identity ⓘ
support ceremonial life ⓘ
transmit moral teachings ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Bear ⓘ
Eagle ⓘ
Killer Whale ⓘ
Raven ⓘ
Sea Wolf ⓘ
culture heroes ⓘ
shamans ⓘ
supernatural chiefs ⓘ
hasLanguage Haida language ⓘ
hasMedium argillite carving ⓘ
carved art ⓘ
ceremony ⓘ
dance ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
song ⓘ
totem poles ⓘ
woven textiles ⓘ
hasRegion British Columbia ⓘ
Haida Gwaii ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
hasSource ethnographic records ⓘ
oral transmission ⓘ
recordings by Haida storytellers ⓘ
transcriptions by anthropologists ⓘ
hasStoryType clan histories ⓘ
migration stories ⓘ
origin stories ⓘ
sky world journeys ⓘ
supernatural encounters ⓘ
transformer tales ⓘ
trickster tales ⓘ
undersea world journeys ⓘ
hasTheme balance and reciprocity ⓘ
clan origins ⓘ
creation ⓘ
origin of humans ⓘ
origin of the world ⓘ
relationships between humans and animals ⓘ
respect for nature ⓘ
sea and sky worlds ⓘ
supernatural power ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
trickster behavior ⓘ
influences Haida art ⓘ
Haida ceremonial life ⓘ
Haida crest system ⓘ
Haida dances ⓘ
Haida house front paintings ⓘ
Haida masks ⓘ
Haida naming practices ⓘ
Haida social structure ⓘ
Haida songs ⓘ
Haida totem pole designs ⓘ
performedAt memorial feasts ⓘ
naming feasts ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
winter dances ⓘ
relatedTo Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology ⓘ
Tlingit mythology ⓘ
Tsimshian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian
transmittedBy clan leaders ⓘ
elders ⓘ
hereditary storytellers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haida → culturalAssociation → Haida mythology ⓘ
Raven (Haida mythology) → appearsIn → Haida trickster tales ⓘ
subject linked to: Raven
linked to: Haida mythology
Eagle (Haida mythology) → hasDomain → Haida mythology ⓘ
subject linked to: Eagle
Amerindian mythology → hasPart → Haida mythology ⓘ