Sacagawea: Native American Shakti-other indian Shaktis and the swastika

[Guest guest]

Hi, I haven't posted much, just been reading and learning, but here's

something I can actually talk about.

For me, as a Choctaw Indian raised by Cherokee parents with a

definite pan-tribal attitude, my favorite injun Shaktis would have to

be Selu the Corn Mother, Grandmother Moon, Mother Earth and White

Buffalo Woman.

Selu is sortof like Annapurna of Hindu tradition. Her main concern is

"Has everybody eaten?" She is Kinitse Selu-Corn, Mother Of Us All.

She's also called First Woman.

 

Grandmother Moon, called Hashi Ninak Anya is the wife of Grandfather

Sun. At the dark of the moon, Hashi Ninak Anya has kicked her

children (the stars) out of the house to clean it. As the moon grows

brighter, that's the sign that Grandmother's house is getting clean,

until at full moon, her house is spotless. Then she lets the

children back in. As the moon becomes more dim, that's Grandmother's

house-cleaning starting to get away from her again, because the

children are dirtying it up faster than she can clean.

 

White Buffalo Woman appeared to give us our spiritual practices, like

the pipe, the sweat lodge, the Sun Dance and such. After she gave us

the sacred instructions, she turned into a white buffalo calf and

walked away, promising to send us messages from the Spirit World.

She's sort of like Jesus, in a way.

 

Monolah is Cherokee for Mother Earth and She's just this all loving,

all giving, all forgiving Mother. Cherokee traditionals believe that

when an ordinary human being comes to consider all creatures great

and small as his or her children, when that person dies, they

reincarnate as a planet.

 

As for the Swastika, it's long been used by Hindus, Tibetans, Hopis,

Navahos, Cherokees and probably many other cultures as well. The

Hopi consider it to be a sign of Life, to the Cherokee it's a Sun

symbol. The Nazi Swastika is different because it's standing on a

corner of one of it's bends and it's counterclockwise (to symbolize

death I guess). During the war with Nazi Germany, many of the Hopis

publicly denounced the Swastika and refused to ever use the symbol

again, to express their disgust with Hitler.

 

Jay

[Guest guest]

Oh, and mustn't forget Grandmother Spider who led our people from the

last world into this one and who also brought back "the way to make

money", that is, magick! Cherokee say it was her who brought mud

from the bottom of the sea to place on Grandmother Turtle's back, to

form this land. There's another one not to forget!

While I'm at it, might as well mention The Beloved Women. There were

13 of them, each a human form of Mother Earth, all immortal, none of

them were ever born but sprung from the earth to teach, heal and

help. Each one is still alive, no one can even guess how old they

are. Maybe thousands of years old, but all are hidden by Mother

Earth.

 

Jay

[Guest guest]

Thank you topazjay for this wonderful information about the Native

American Shaktis. They are the forgotton Shakti. When Devi Bhakta

told me about Sacagawea, my immediate reaction is : definitely she

and many others deserve to be in our group forum.

 

 

OM Sri Matre Namah

Salutations to the Divine Mother, who is the mother of all

[Guest guest]

Hi Jay!

 

Nice to see you posting again! Thanks for all of this wonderful

information; I esp liked your terse, on-target summary of

Selu/Annapurna!

 

DB