Butterflies (Mįmį́ke)

by Richard L. Dieterle


 
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Butterflies are considered sacred. To rescue one from drowning or from the clutches of a spider will bring a blessing from the spirits.1


Links: Spiders.


Notes

1 Nancy Oestrich [Lurie], "Butterflies and the American Indian," Wisconsin Archelogist, 24, #1 (1943): 1-6 (3).