American indian winter solstice folklore

    • The Significance of the Sun, Moon, Celestial Bodiesand ...

      winter solstices, Possible alignments with certain moon positions (easter full moon, turning points) Non-megalaithic astronomy: Possible alignments with sunrises, winter solstice, Possible alignments with moon’s turning points, (possible alignments with constellations) …


    • [PDF File]1. What are the Two Zodiacs being discussed?

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      incarnation known as "Krishna". According to the famed Indian scholar R. c. Hazra, it was finally completed no later than the 10th Century C.E. and probably at the end of the 6th Century C.E. It was compiled from oral traditions and other ancient bits of stories and folklore, etc. In this text the solstice points are tied to the constellations.


    • [PDF File]Ethnoclimatology in the Andes - Environmental Science & Policy

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      Across the Andes in Peru and Bo-livia, Indian farmers gather in small groups in the middle of the night in late June. They climb high ridges and often ascend to the peaks of moun-tains. Coming right after the winter solstice, these nights are the longest of the year and among the coldest as well. Hundreds of such groups of villagers


    • The Archaeology of Anderson Mounds, Mounds State Park ...

      within Mounds State Park, the second smallest park in the state park system, but one of the most heavily used. The earthworks have suffered some damage from walking trails, but by comparison with the other earthworks in the area, they are pristine. Figure 2. The location of Mounds State Park in …


    • [PDF File]The Historacle December 2011

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      The winter solstice may have been immensely important because communities were not certain of living through the winter, and had to be prepared during the previous nine months. Starvation was common in winter between January and April, also known as the famine months.


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      Like his counterpart in folklore who is carried by an eagle to visit Spider Woman (Boas ... "Reprinted for the American Indian Quarterly, volume 12 (spring 1988) ... The nadir at the opposite pole is situated in the Northeast, where the winter solstice occurs in the "far north corner" (ibid: 112).


    • [PDF File]Medicine Wheels and Cultural Connections

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      that represent 7000 years of Native American adaptation to and use of the alpine landscape that surrounds Medicine Mountain. Numerous contemporary American Indian traditional uses include ceremonial staging areas, medicinal and ceremonial plant gathering areas, sweat lodge sites, altars offering locales and fasting (vision quest) enclosures.


    • [PDF File]THE RITUAL YEAR 10 - Folklore

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      THE RITUAL YEAR 10 Magic in Rituals and Rituals in Magic The Yearbook of the SIEF (Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore) ... The Living and the Dead at the Time of the Winter Solstice in Central Eastern European Beliefs Stahl Irina (Bucharest, Romania) 519


    • [PDF File]Within the pages of this book are the

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      is one of American's oldest known Indian astronomical observatories. Another well documented site is Mystery Hill near North Salem, New Hampshire. The solar alignment of the Mystery Hill site can be dated from 1500 B.C. Both sites are aligned to the summer and winter solstice.


    • [PDF File]FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT: CELTIC, FOLK & WORLD MUSIC - PRESS …

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      FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT: CELTIC, FOLK & WORLD MUSIC - ... Tinwhistles, Recorders, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Native American Flutes, Andean Charango, Medieval Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Guitar, Bodhran, Doumbek ... Beltaine & Winter Solstice 4.


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