Thunderbird: Three Legends From Native American Mythology

Exploring Thunderbird Symbolism in Native American Mythology, Religion, & Culture through ancient and contemporary art, artifacts, poetry, and traditional stories and legends. Despite the great diversity within indigenous North American cultures, the Thunderbird is a recurring symbol all across the continent. We uncover the practical meaning behind this ancient symbolism.

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The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
00:03 Map of America by Claude Bernou
00:46 Thunderbird Petroglyph at Twin Bluffs, Wisconsin, United States
01:00 I Own This Land by Alan Levine, Licensed Under Creative Commons
01:41 Protector
01:44 The Trapper And His Family by Charles Daes
02:26 The Teaching Stone, Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Petersborough, Ontario, Canada
02:36 Inscription Found on the Dighton Rock, Berkley, Massachusetts, United States by Henry Wheaton
02:46 Horned Serpent Vase, from New Mexico, United States or Chihuahua, Mexico, from the Art Institute of Chicago
03:14 Thunderbird Petroglyph, Washington State Park, Missouri, United States, photographed by Wikipedian Kbh3rd, Licensed Under Creative Commons
03:28 Painted Skin Representing the Thunderbird, Great Lakes Region, from the Branly Quay Museum, Paris, France
03:51 Harriet Maxwell Converse, Myths And Legends Of The New York Iroquois
04:29 Boy Chief – Ojibwe by George Catlin
04:46 Thunderbird by Emily Carr
05:13 Norval Morriseau, Thunderbird And Snake
06:15 Artist And Shaman Between Two Worlds by Norval Morriseau, from the National Gallery of Canada, photographed by Joanne Clifford, Licensed Under Creative Commons
06:55 Provider
07:01 Map of the United States by Sidney E Morse
07:55 Mungo Martin House, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, photographed by Ryan Bushby, Licensed Under Creative Commons
08:44 House Posts by Emily Carr
09:00 Thunderbird Rug from the Collection of Bill Volckening, Licensed Under Creative Commons
09:10 War Canoes by Emily Carr
09:30 Nutka Chief's Hat from the Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain, photographed by Luís Garcia, Licensed Under Creative Commons
09:40 Alert Bay by Emily Carr
10:11 Preserver
10:16 Bison Skulls Adorned With Thunderbirds from the Kwakiutl People, photographed by
10:31 Harney's Peak [now known as Black Elk Peak] by John C H Grabill
10:57 Haida Double Thunderbird
11:08 Ojibwe Pouch from the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
11:17 Totem, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, photographed by Emmanuel Brunner, Licensed Under Creative Commons
11:24 Thunderbird Petroglyph, Zion National Park, Utah, United States, photographed by Wikipedian Fredlyfish4, Licensed Under Creative Commons
11:33 Water Monster And Red Painted Tipis by Walter McClintock
12:06 Nuu-chah-nulth Basket from the National Museum Of The American Indian, New York, United States, photographed by Jeff Kubina, Licensed Under Creative Commons
12:39 Field With Poles by Emily Carr
13:43 Conclusion
13:47 A Mohawk Medicine Woman from Metropolitan Magazine
14:37 The Dawn Drink Of The Dream Faster by Harriet Maxwell Converse
14:49 The Village Hill, Saint Paul's Island by Henry Wood Elliott
15:11 Summer, Lake Ontario by Jasper Francis Cropsey
16:32 Outro

All visual art used is within the Public Domain unless otherwise specified.

Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.