- Adjidau'mo, the red squirrel
- Ahdeek', the reindeer
- Ahmeek', the beaver
- Annemee'kee, the thunder
- Apuk'wa, a bulrush
- Baim-wa'wa, the sound of the thunder
- Bemah'gut, the grape-vine
- Chemaun', a birch canoe
- Chetowaik', the plover
- Chibia'bos, a musician; friend of Hiawatha; ruler of the Land of Spirits
- Dahin'da, the bull frog
- Dush-kwo-ne'-she or Kwo-ne'-she, the dragon fly
- Esa, shame upon you
- Ewa-yea', lullaby
- Gitche Gu'mee, The Big-Sea-Water, Lake Superior
- Gitche Man'ito, the Great Spirit, the Master of Life
- Gushkewau', the darkness
- Hiawa'tha, the Prophet, the Teacher, son of Mudjekeewis and the West-Wind Wenonah, daughter of Nokomis
- Ia'goo, a great boaster and story-teller
- Inin'ewug, men, or pawns in the Game of the Bowl
- Ishkoodah', fire, a comet
- Jee'bi, a ghost, a spirit
- Joss'akeed, a prophet
- Kabibonok'ka, the North-Wind
- Ka'go, do not
- Kahgahgee', the raven
- Kaw, no
- Kaween', no indeed
- Kayoshk', the sea-gull
- Kee'go, a fish
- Keeway'din, the Northwest wind, the Home-wind
- Kena'beek, a serpent
- Keneu', the great war-eagle
- Keno'zha, the pickerel
- Ko'ko-ko'ho, the owl
- Kuntasoo', the Game of Plumstones
- Kwa'sind, the Strong Man
- Kwo-ne'-she, or Dush-kwo-ne'-she, the dragon-fly
- Mahnahbe'zee, the swan
- Mahng, the loon
- Mahnomo'nee, wild rice
- Ma'ma, the woodpecker
- Me'da, a medicine-man
- Meenah'ga, the blueberry
- Megissog'won, the great Pearl-Feather, a magician, and the Manito of Wealth
- Meshinau'wa, a pipe-bearer
- Minjekah'wun, Hiawatha's mittens
- Minneha'ha, Laughing Water; wife of Hiawatha; a water-fall in a stream running into the Mississippi between Fort Snelling and the Falls of St. Anthony
- Minne-wa'wa, a pleasant sound, as of the wind in the trees
- Mishe-Mo'kwa, the Great Bear
- Mishe-Nah'ma, the Great Sturgeon
- Miskodeed', the Spring-Beauty, (Claytonia Virginica)
- Monda'min, Indian corn
- Moon of Bright Nights, April
- Moon of Leaves, May
- Moon of Strawberries, June
- Moon of the Falling Leaves, September
- Moon of Snow-shoes, November
- Mudjekee'wis, the West-Wind; father of Hiawatha
- Mudway-aush'ka, sound of waves on a shore
- Mushkoda'sa, the grouse
- Nah'ma, the sturgeon
- Nah'ma-wusk, spearmint
- Na'gow Wudj'oo, the Sand Dunes of Lake Superior
- Nee-ba-naw'-baigs, water-spirits
- Nenemoo'sha, sweetheart
- Nepah'win, sleep
- Noko'mis, a grandmother, mother of Wenonah
- No'sa, my father
- Nush'ka, look! look!
- Odah'min, the strawberry
- Okahha'wis, the fresh-water herring
- Ome'mee, the pigeon
- Ona'gon, a bowl
- Opechee', the robin
- Osse'o, Son of the Evening Star
- Owais'sa, the blue-bird
- Oweenee', wife of Osseo
- Ozawa'beek, a round piece of brass or copper in the Game of the Bowl
- Pah-puk-kee'na, the grasshopper
- Pau'guk, death
- Pau-Puk-Kee'wis, the handsome Yenadizze, the son of Storm Fool
- Pe'boan, Winter
- Pem'ican, meat of the deer or buffalo dried and pounded
- Pezhekee', the bison
- Pishnekuh', the brant
- Pone'mah, hereafter
- Puggawau'gun, a war-club
- Puk-Wudj'ies, little wild men of the woods; pygmies
- Sah-sah-je'wun, rapids
- Segwun', Spring
- Sha'da, the pelican
- Shahbo'min, the gooseberry
- Shah-shah, long ago
- Shaugoda'ya, a coward
- Shawgashee', the craw-fish
- Shawonda'see, the South-Wind
- Shaw-shaw, the swallow
- Shesh'ebwug, ducks; pieces in the Game of the Bowl
- Shin'gebis, the diver, or grebe
- Showain'neme'shin, pity me
- Shuh-shuh-gah', the blue heron
- Soan-ge-ta'ha, strong-hearted
- Subbeka'she, the spider
- Sugge'me, the mosquito
- To'tem, family coat-of-arms
- Ugh, yes
- Ugudwash', the sun-fish
- Unktahee', the God of Water
- Wabas'so, the rabbit, the North
- Wabe'no, a magician, a juggler
- Wabe'no-wusk, yarrow
- Wa'bun, the East-Wind
- Wa'bun An'nung, the Star of the East, the Morning Star
- Wahono'win, a cry of lamentation
- Wah-wah-tay'see, the fire-fly
- Waubewy'on, a white skin wrapper
- Wa'wa, the wild goose
- Waw-be-wa'wa, the white goose
- Wawonais'sa, the whippoorwill
- Way-muk-kwa'na, the caterpillar
- Weno'nah, the eldest daughter; Hiawatha's mother, daughter of Nokomis
- Yenadiz'ze, an idler and gambler; an Indian dandy
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