The Human Being Way of Life

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The Human Being Way of Life,We don't call this a religion,there is no word of what we call what we believe in.This is how you should live.This is how you will live.The Human Being Way of Life which is the soul,the core,spirit,which was placed in the conscience of your mind,to your brain,the backbone to your heart.

I will tell you the way of the human being (Cheyenne) a brief crash course of way.Over days I will fill in the rest with better explanation.


First Maheo (The Creator of the universe and the maker of life)Maheo created

Hestanov-the universe which is divided into two worlds

He amah esta nov-the word above us and
A to noom-the underworld.

(Some may mistake this as Heaven and Hell,but this is not the case.)

He amah esta nov-the world abve,the demension higher then us and its beings that come into phase here on earth and through out the universe.

A to noom-The underworld,the demension of us and the moon portals and beings that pass into phase here on earth and through out the universe.

Otata voom-the blue sky-space,or the place which atoms,electrons and protons are.
Energy which comes forth Es ehe-two spirits.

Atovsez-The Sun,The day,One of which is born daily in the east.

Ameo neto-The Moon,The night,One which is born monthly in the west.


Seamo-two roads The milky way and Cygnus taken by the souls of Cheyennes on their way to the land of the dead.

Naevoom-land of the dead

One in which you lived a full life,those who were exceptionally good during life.
One in which you have taken your own life,those who were exceptionally evil during life.

Mano hotax ceo-The Pleaides,beings which came here in falling stars.Stories of heros,which passed down there power.

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Seto voom-The Nearer Sky-Space,clouds,tornadoes,birds,dragon flies and magpies.Magpies because of their black markings and iridescence blue/green feathers they live near to man and are considered to be special messengers of Maheo,the creator.They range beyond Seto voom into the blue sky-space,but this does not include hummingbirds.

Which includes everything between Otata voom(the blue sky space) and the level surface of the earth.

The Cardinal Points.
East-hánôsóvóne, héséne
South-sóvóne, nomâhésto'e, hánêsóvóne
West-anêsóvóne,tsétâhešeta'ehnêse éše'he
North-notäma, notamota

Within the cardinal points lay spirits,with there color and sacred entities.

East-hésénota,east spirit,its color red,whose sacred entity red-headed woodpecker,red willows,red stones,catlinite and the tip of the human body that which is first,the tip of the nose,the tip of the toe or the human phallus.

West-anêsóvóta,west spirit,its color dark,whose sacred enitity nightmares,interiors of caves,the moon in which considered to be the resister of anêsóvóta and that it represents.

North-notamota,north spirit,its color light,whose sacred entity ho emaha-frost.

South-sóvóta,south spirit,its color green,whose sacred entity lichens and hailstone or hailstones-ao'êseto,ao'êsetonôtse.


Méstae,séot,méstaa'e or méstaeo'o-Well known creature of the night,animal headed beings controlling the world of the dead,some with the shape of the heads of dogs and the body of man.Méstae is considered to be from Naevoom,the land of the dead,but isnt definitely not the soul of a dead person.The owl considered to be a form of Méstae.Messenger of death or omen.

Seto and Seo se hexs-take the form of which is to them,animated mummies or articulated skeletons,also beings of Nae voom which participate in the judgement of souls.etc.

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Nonóma'e-The Thunder Spirit,a spirit which migrants between North and South.Sandhill Crane,migratory birds and certain ducks are sacred to the thunder spirit.

Ma'heónevecess-the father of sacred birds,the All-birds Nest or the Bird-Fathers Nest.Ma'heónevess has no relation to Nonóma'e.There is no Cheyenne Thunderbird.


Ma'xêhevovetäso-Tornado or tornadoes,who struggle with the monsters who live in the deep water.

Hevovetäso,hevovetâsono-Dragonfly or dragonflies,assiociated with anêsóvóta the west spirit,blue dragonflies have emblematic protection against death.
Vetäso in both tornados and dragonflies are the same word used for whirlwind-hevovetäso.



Votostoom-the earth's Surface-Dome

Nsthoaman-the Deep-Earth,The area beneath the root systems of plains grasses and exposed cliff faces are considered to be part of Deep Earth rather then of the Surface Dome.

Taozta voom-The air which is in immediate contach with the surface,is also distinguished from Seto voom,Nearer Sky-Space.

Taota voom-The atomsphere as the region where dust rises and where insects fly


Vo tso stoom-Horizontal divisions of voto soom
No ah vo om-Where useful plants and animals are usually found.
No tos to om-Where Humans live.
Ma ta vo om-The forested part.

Esce heman-Grandmother,when smoking to the four directional spirits,to Maheo at the zenith and then to Esce heman at the nadir(Totaa tono).


Badgers-skin of a badger served as the wrapping for the Sacred Arrows,are alos used for augury.

Buffaloes-live in great caves under the surface and they present themselves to be killed whenever Maheo wants,Maheo intedns that buffaloes should be used and signify this he makes.Yellow at birth,humans have a natal coating of vernix.This is equated to the yellow of post partum hair of buffalo calves,shed in the first year.

Pairie Dogs-associated with corn,both appear from out of the tops of bare hillocks,Teeth are equated to the kernels of corn because of their yellow color.

Turtles-associated with the sweat lodge,brought forth by a man who married a beings daughter to gain access and to speak to Maheo and his higher being relatives.A communial marraige.

Hoevotto-Mysterious people habitants of abandone animal dens(Hes zevo x)

Maheonox-Stories and encounters of that occured in large sacred caverns.

Mosis kan eze no na-A being with the wings of a bat.

Havevsz-Minotaur or buffalo monster

Ax xea-a giant serpent with a large head who lives in springs

Maxe mista-Forest giant,who walks on two feet,leaving giant bird-like tracks.

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Xamea mavo xooz-Natural body,normally inhabited by four soul forces.
Hema tasooma-Soul forces.

Two of these soul forces are mostly helpful to health and proper conduct.
Two of these soul forces are mostly damaging to health and proper conduct,harmful.

Both pairs are antagonistic to each other and sometimes struggle physically within the body.
Each Soul-force is capable of leaving the body independently,espicially during sleep,but the Soul-forces might

also leave two or three at a time.At death,the soul forces join together in a whole.
Abrupt changes for the better indicate that a benevolent soul force has returned.( compared to the chinese Ying-Yang,shoa lin mediation,che and ki)


The directional forces are in fact associated with the limbs,the person to be painted faces (east,south,west or north)when his (east-right arm,south-right leg,west-left arm,north-left leg)is painted with symbols for the cardinal directions,are attached to the wrists and ankles,likewise the appopriate direction is faced.

Salute the rising sun with the right palm upraised.
Salute the new moon with the left palm upraised.

Similes for genitalia,male thingy-red willow shoots,male sage.
Similes for genitalia female girl thingy-a cave in the earth,womb.

Genetics=The Material body is reckoned as female,which deriving of ones mother.
Genetics=The Soul is reckoned as male,which deriving of ones father.