#Apache legends

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The Mystery of the Superstition Mountains: Legends, Lore, and Hidden Treasure

The mystery of the Superstition Mountains has captivated adventurers and historians for centuries. Located in Arizona, these rugged peaks are not just a natural wonder; they are shrouded in tales of lost treasure, unexplained disappearances, and eerie phenomena. In this article, we delve into the mystery of the Superstition Mountains, exploring the legends and the truths that make this region so…

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[cemyafilmarsiv]

Geronimo: An American Legend directed by Walter Hill

[callmeanxietygirl]

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“catra is a complex poc” fuck that. here are some ACTUAL poc animated characters who are just as, if not more complex than catra.

grace monroe (infinity train) • black american

connie maheshwaran (steven universe) • indian-american

katara (avatar the last airbender) • inuk

wolf (kipo and the age of wonderbeasts) • black american

suhara/shadowsan (carmen sandiego) • japanese

korra (the legend of korra) • inuk

jesse cosay (infinity train) • indigenous (apache)

lars barriga (steven universe) • filipino

azula (avatar the last airbender) • japanese

ryan akagi (infinity train) • japanese-canadian

luz noceda (the owl house) • afro-dominican american

(there are a lot more, so i'll be making a part 2!)

[reddpenn]

have you obtained any cool rocks recently?

I recently acquired this gorgeous Apache Tear obsidian nodule!

While in the American Southwest these obsidian nodules are nicknamed "Apache Tears," the mineralogical name for this stuff is marekanite!

(So, like, an aside. Usually when the healy-feely folks claim a stone has some association with a "native american legend" they are making it up and being weirdly fetishistic of those cultures. Looking at you, labradorite. But as far as I can tell, this stone really does get its name from a legitimate Apache legend. If anyone of that culture feels like chiming in, I would love to learn more about it.)

Anyway, Apache Tears are cool stuff. Here's how they form.

A volcano erupts, and deposits a lava flow which cools super rapidly. It cools so rapidly that it doesn't have time to grow crystals and become a rock, and instead hardens into a black, volcanic glass called obsidian. Over about ten thousand years, groundwater slowly infiltrates this obsidian. The water gradually changes it into a white stone called perlite. But within that mass of perlite, nodules of the original obsidian remain, looking like glassy black marbles. Those are Apache Tears!

This specimen came from Arizona, where volcanic activity has been going on for over two million years! You can see some white perlite still sticking to it. This piece is HUGE for an Apache Tear, which typically don't get much bigger than your thumbnail!

[whencyclopedia]

Twelve Famous Native American Women

Native American women are traditionally held in high regard among the diverse nations, whether a given people are matrilineal or patrilineal. Traditionally, women were not only responsible for raising children and caring for the home but also planted and harvested the crops, built the homes, and engaged in trade, as well as having a voice in government.

The history of the women of the Native peoples of North America attests to their full participation in the community whether as elders and "medicine women" or as skilled agriculturalists and merchants and, in some cases, even warriors. Although hunting and warfare were traditionally the provenance of males, some women became famous for their courage and skill in battle. These women, as well as others in the arts and sciences, are often overlooked because they do not fit the paradigm of what has been accepted as American history.

Pocahontas and Sacagawea are usually the only North American Native women that non-Natives have heard of, but even their narratives have been obscured by legend and half-truths. Many other Native American women have simply been ignored, and among them are most of those listed below. These women, and the nations they were citizens of, include:

Jigonhsasee – Iroquois

Pocahontas – Powhattan

Weetamoo – Wampanoag

Glory-of-the-Morning – Ho-Chunk/Winnebago

Sacagawea – Shoshone

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy – Pawnee

Pine Leaf/Woman Chief – Crow

Lozen – Apache

Buffalo Calf Road Woman – Cheyenne

Thocmentony/Sarah Winnemucca – Paiute

Susan La Flesche Picotte – Omaha

Molly Spotted Elk/Mary Alice Nelson – Penobscot

There are many others who do not appear here because they are more widely known, such as the Yankton Dakota activist, musician, and writer, Zitkala-Sa (l. 1876-1938) or the Cheyenne warrior Mochi ("Buffalo Calf", l. c. 1841-1881). Modern-day figures are also omitted but deserve mention, such as the activist Isabella Aiukli Cornell of the Choctaw nation, who drew national attention in 2018 with her red prom dress designed to call attention to the many missing and murdered indigenous women across North America, and poet/activist Suzan Shown Harjo of the Muscogee/Southern Cheyenne nation. There are many more, like these two, who have devoted themselves to raising awareness of the challenges facing Native Americans and continue the same struggle, in various ways, as the women of the past.

Jigonhsasee (l. c. 1142 or 15th century)

According to Iroquois lore, Jigonhsasee (Jikonhsaseh, Jikonsase) was integral to the origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy dated to either the 12th or 15th century. She was an Iroquoian whose home was along the central path used by warriors going to and from battle and became well-known for the hospitality and wise counsel she offered them. The Great Peacemaker (Deganawida) chose her to help him form the Iroquois Confederacy, based on the model of a family living together in one longhouse, and, along with Hiawatha, this vision became a reality. Jigonhsasee became known as the 'Mother of Nations' and established the policy of women choosing the chiefs of the council in the interests of peace, instead of war. The American women's suffrage movement of the 19th century called attention to the freedom and rights of Native American women, notably those of the Iroquois Confederacy, in arguing for those same rights for themselves.

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[the-empress-7]

After all the years of Harry being glorified as an Apache pilot, then having it turn out he was only ever a gunner (number 2 in the aircraft), it was very satisfying to see Prince William prove to everyone that he is the one that can fly an Apache helicopter.

So much for being a legend of aviation, when no one’s ever seen Harry even fly a drone let alone a helicopter.

[laurasimonsdaughter]

I got a copy of Erdoes and Ortiz's American Indian Myths and Legends (1984) for Christmas and it is fascinating to me how various Native American tales portray romance between humans and non-humans. Especially compared to the European takes on that motif, which usually center on the relationship being doomed from the start, because humans belong only with humans. But this does not seem to be the default in the Native American tales in this collection!

There was one story which did portray the relationship as doomed (Tolowim woman and butterfly man, Maidu) and one where a human woman was taken against her will and gladly rescued by her husband (The stolen wife, Tewa). But there is also a tale where a wife is willingly taken by a great buffalo and when her human husband steals her back and kills White Buffalo Chief, she mourns him so that her jealous husband kills her (Apache chief punishes his wife, Tiwa).

That last tale, while tragic, already goes out of its way to show that the woman was happy with the powerful buffalo, and there are four stories in the collection that make a point of ending in happiness:

The industrious daughter who wouldn't marry (Cochiti)

A beautiful young woman who is a master at making beautiful garments spurns all her human suitors, until it is widely known that she doesn't care for young men. Coyote hears of this and goes to court her, dressed in his finest clothes. He does not offer her any gifts, but he dances very well and he brings a branch of blackcurrants, which are her favourite. She is pleased with him, so she takes him home, sleeps with him, and gives birth to two little coyotes. Her parents are dismayed and the other people turn away from her, but Coyote brings her to his home under the ground. There he has all kinds of clothes just as fine as the ones she makes, and she lives there happily with him ever after.

The Serpent of the Sea (Zuni)

The beautiful daughter of the priest-chief of the village Home of the Eagles cannot abide dust or dirt. Every day she spends almost all her time bathing in the sacred spring of the Serpent of the Sea and this angers him. He changes himself into a beautiful baby boy and she finds him and takes him home to care for him. As soon as she falls asleep the Serpent takes his true form again, coiling himself all around the maiden and all around the room. In the morning the whole household panics, but the girl’s father understands what happened and begs the Serpent to let his daughter return to her family once more, even though she now belongs to him. The Serpent moves enough to release her, finally waking her. She is very frightened, but after four days of ceremonies she bids her family goodbye and goes with the Serpent. As they travel the Serpent takes the shape of a beautiful young man, and speaks in a kinder and kinder voice, until she dares to look at him. Startled she asks him where the terrifying creature has gone. He explains that he is the serpent, but that he loves her, and that if she will consent to come and stay with him they will live and love each other forever in the Waters of the World. The maiden goes with him, forgetting her sadness and forgetting her family, and lived with him ever after.

The man who married the moon (Isleta Pueblo)

The great leader, weaver, and medicine man Nah-chu-rú-chu (the bluish light of dawn) got tired of all the young women trying to win his affection. He proclaimed that he would marry the girl who could grind corn meal so fine that it would stick to his pearl water dipper. The only woman who could do it was the Moon, who was an Isleta maiden before she went to live into the sky. He marries her and loves his moon-wife above all things. Two sisters, the Yellow Corn Maiden, are so jealous that they persuade the moon to admire her reflection in the water of the well, and push her in to drown her. The chief mourns so deeply that it no longer rains and all the crops begin dying, until they bring him a mysterious flower from a mound in the forest where his wife disappeared. He performs a sacred ritual and the moon is brought back to life. The corn maidens are changed into helpful, gentle snakes as punishment, and the moon lives happily with her husband.

The woman who married a merman (Coos)

A girl who refuses all her suitors and goes swimming in the creek every day becomes pregnant without understanding how. She gives birth to a baby that always cries unless it is left outside, where someone brings it seal meat to eat. The young mother watches over her baby and at night is approached by a man who says he is her husband and promises she will be safe if she goes with him. The merman takes his wife and child to the bottom of the sea, where many people lived. Her husband was one of the five sons of the village chief and the couple lived there happy and satisfied. She goes to her relatives once to get arrows for her little boy to play with, and once to visit her brothers. The second time they see her shoulders are turning dark and scaly like those of a sea serpent. She never returned again, but sea serpents came into their harbour, and every summer and winter they would send a whale ashore, a gift to their kinsmen above the sea.

Erdoes and Ortiz even draw a parallel between the tale of the Serpent of the Sea and Beauty and the Beast, but I rather love the girl running off with the Coyote and "the woman who married a merman" is such a lovely counterpoint to the selkie and mermaid stories I grew up with. I'm really happy with this book~

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Radiant Emperor series (She Who Became the Sun, He Who Drowned the World) by Shelley Parker-Chan

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness… In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future her brother's abandoned greatness. Fantasy, historical fiction, alternate history, epic fantasy, adult

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Submitted endorsement: YA featuring an Indigenous ace (!!!!) main character, bloodline magic, crime solving, and a ghost dog!

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day. Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family. Fantasy, young adult, mystery, paranormal

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Where the Wild Mustangs Roam

Western AU

Outlaw!Eddie Munson x Haunted Barkeep!Steve Harrington

Word count: 11.7K

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Summary:

Eddie Munson, Outlaw, rides into Hawkins one day on a mission, with a plan in mind. . .

. . . Everything goes out the window when he stumbles into a mystery he struggles to solve.

Read the teaser below!

Everyone this side of the west has heard about the wild mustangs that roam the fields and run free where the mountains meet the moon in the early hours of the night, but not many have ever caught wind of one, let alone tame one.

Those who have are often loners. Tumbleweeds with no path or seed to weigh them down. Empty as a husk but filled with just as much emotion as their wounds are with dirt.

Eddie’s always believed the west was meant to be his home. Some people grow up and move off to bigger towns up north or out east. Not him. Not ever. That doesn’t mean he lived by the book and the word, though. He follows his own rules. The only person he ever had any inkling of obeying was lost a few years back. He lives for him now, the legend that Wayne Munson was (and still is) to him.

See, the lifestyle Eddie lives isn’t exactly one that can be learned without a little…extended guidance, so to speak. Thank you, Uncle Wayne, for all that he knows. Truly. No seriously, Eddie is incredibly grateful to Wayne for teaching him how to live without fear, and how to be sneaky. For making him learn to be tougher than the railroad nails and quicker than the wind itself. For teaching him how to get by. For loving him. He’ll cry if he dwells on it any longer.

Eddie sits atop a log at his campsite, watching the fire blow and fiddling with his harmonica as he listens to the coyotes cry to the moon and yip at all the creatures who have yet to turn in for the night. Watches as the orange flames lick at the top of his roasting spit (read: stick wrapped in wet cloth) as the night drags. Listens to the foxes laugh and the vultures circle in the distance. There’s a buffalo herd not seven hundred and some feet from him. He thinks about them, how they travel with everything they’ll ever need and yet they carry nothing but the shaggy mess of hair on their backs. To the right of the fire, a pot of canned food sits, cooling quicker by the second, even in the muggy desert night air. The tent behind him has long since been abandoned for the night, and he debated taking it down before morning and riding out. Leaves it because he knows he’ll crash at some point. There’s a bottle of jack at his feet, a canteen to his left, and a loaded Apache revolver on his hip. His horse grazes at the stray grass next to him, silently leaving Eddie to his own devices.

The midnight hours are approaching, blanketing the red dirt with a sinfully empty dark blue aside from the stars, and the mountains in the distance meet the horizon in a kiss of melded oranges and blacks, just from what Eddie can see with his piss-poor little fire. His hat hangs over his eyes, legs crossed in front of the fire, boots barely avoiding the lick of the bright orange flames. His flannel unbuttoned and buckle undone to wind down for the night. A desert coyote cries as Eddie looks up at the stars, and he swigs some of his jack, chasing it with water and standing to retreat to his tent.

To their knowledge, Edward and Wayne Munson are the only men this side of the west to ever successfully catch and tame two Mustang stallions.

To his knowledge, Edward Munson is the only person who knows where Wayne hid the missing money from some sundowner out a ways on the tracks.

And to his knowledge, he’s the last man standing in a long line of untouchable legends among the west.

[retrocgads]

UK 1987

[veronyxk84]

Spuffy Fic Recs — October

Missed last month’s recs? Check this tag to catch up!

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I present a list of 5 Spuffy fics I’ve read in October. All complete, mostly recent, and all links are for Sunnydale After Dark. Fics marked with the 🐉 emoji were written for SAD’s Legend Has It 2024.

(NOTE: some or all may be available on other archives as well).

Listed from oldest to most recent; see the publishing year (on SAD) before the title.

Some reviews are taken from my own comments left for the stories. I tried to make them short and not spoiler-y.

(2024) Viral by Harlow Turner [R] 🐉 9 chapters

Summary: When Buffy suddenly falls ill, help comes from an unlikely source. But something’s wrong-- this isn’t the flu. She’s weak, she’s delirious, and worst of all, she spread her illness to the worst possible person... Spike.

Review: The Scoobies race against time while Buffy (and Spike) are battling a mysterious illness. Science, magic, and legends will inevitably come into play as various questions are answered, including the most prominent one: Will a cure be found?

(2024) Chaperones by Apache Firecat [PG] one shot

Summary: Spike never thought he’d see this moment.

Review: A little glimpse in the future of Buffy and Spike as an established couple with a loving family.

(2024) between you and me... by flootzavut [G] one shot

Summary: Lorne gets himself in Angel’s doghouse by telling Buffy that Spike is back. Written for the 2024 EF Betrayal event.

Review: The author does an excellent job with Lorne’s POV. His voice sounds so authentic and true to the beloved AtS character, it’s a delight to read.

(2024) Credit to the Past by Apache Firecat [R] one shot

Summary: Spike wakes to find Buffy watching him, and brooding.

Review: A touching moment turning into a difficult conversation, but one of those that sometimes are needed because they can have healing powers. They’ve both been toxic to each other, but as this fic shows, they've fought hard and long to rise above it, heal, and find in each other what they’d been really looking for but had failed to find due to a lot of reasons.

(2024) Everything Has Changed by acekoomboom [PG] 2 chapters

Summary: Spike and Buffy find each other again in the next life, and their first meeting sings the echoes of their history.

Review: I love the concept of Spike and Buffy finding each other in their next life and having the kind of feelings described in this drabble fic. My hopeless romantic side dreams that this is how soulmates work. Finding each other again and again, no matter how long it takes between one life and the next to cross paths.

[celticcrossanon]

Harry is butthurt he wasn't mentioned in the book on 200 exceptional Sandhurst cadets so he reportedly is going to get another paid-for-award for "Living Legends of Aviation." I kid you not. Royal Reporter Robert Jobson said on True Royalty TV that Harry "was a gunner" and "never flew" an Army helicopter during his 10 year service. Harry is a fraud. It's sickening to see how much Royal PR went into shaping him as a cheeky lad when he couldn't pass anything in school or in the Army on his own.

Hi Nonny,

I've just been looking at old articles to try and determine exactly what Harry's status was when it came to flying, and the PR spin is amazing. The BRF PR definitely pushed the 'Hero Harry' angle. I don't blame people for falling for it at the time as it was very well done. It is enlightening, to say the least, to go back and look at those articles now.

I have heard multiple times that Harry never flew an Army helicopter for active service (he only flew or pretended to fly around the base for PR clips). I think this is true.

This is a quote from a Feb 2012 article that I found:

"Previously, the prince has hinted of his wish to return to Afghanistan after his first tour of duty was cut short.

Last April, he [Prince Harry] suggested it would be pointless to train as a helicopter pilot if he never served.

"I'd just be taking up a spare place for somebody else if they didn't have me going out on the job, " he said."

So he was taking digs at his brother even back then (Prince William qualified as a Search and Rescue pilot in Sept 2010 with the RAF, but he was not allowed to serve in active combat).

Harry's arrogance was and is astounding when you know that the only reason he got into Sandhurst was because of his grandmother (and imo they only passed him on the course for the same reason). As you said, he entered and (allegedly) passed his exams because of his connections, not on merit. Yet he thinks he is a Living Legend of Aviation. There are no words to describe that level of ego.

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Article that has the quote - notice the difference between the headline and the actual facts in the article (the headline has Harry as an Apache pilot, the article mentions him as a co pilot gunner).

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Prince Harry 'stunned' by backlash to his ESPY nomination for 'the Pat Tilman Award for Service' after Afghanistan veteran's own mother said she would have preferred for it to go to someone 'less privileged' by u/Von_und_zu_

Prince Harry 'stunned' by backlash to his ESPY nomination for 'the Pat Tilman Award for Service' after Afghanistan veteran's own mother said she would have preferred for it to go to someone 'less privileged' WAAAAUGH!Is he really so insecure that he needs to buy awards to prop up his ego? Sure seems like it. Here is an idea Harold: Work hard and earn something on merit for a change. Loser. Sources told The Telegraph that it is a 'bitter pill to swallow' when the Duke of Sussex is criticised about anything relating to his military record and work with veterans. [Shut Up Bunker Harold.]'Harry's legacy on Invictus, the things he has achieved, that's his real passion,' they said. 'This is the space in which he truly feels at home, it is something he deeply cares about. The reaction certainly took the shine off the award.' [You did nothing to deserve this "shiny" award!]The source acknowledged that it was similar to when Harry, who completed two tours of Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot was recognised as a Living Legend of Aviation at a star-studded ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, in January. [Because it was likewise a total joke and undeserved]As he joined the likes of astronauts Buzz Aldrin, James Lovell and Tim Peak in picking up the prestigious award, Admiral Lord West, former head of the Royal Navy, brutally said: 'He is not a living legend'. [Brutal, perhaps, but true.]https://ift.tt/3rvMzWl post link: https://ift.tt/luUdYPv author: Von_und_zu_ submitted: July 08, 2024 at 03:18AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[theiconicmeghanmarkle]

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex to be Inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation Alongside Other Remarkable Aviators Fred George, Marc Parent, and Steve Hinton.

Prince Harry qualified to fly Apache attack helicopters in combat and finished training as the best co-pilot gunner in his group.

Back in 2014, Lieutenant Colonel Tom de la Rue, who commanded Harry said he “the pinnacle of flying excellence”.