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==Other deities and spirits== There are three subsections for which minor deities(and/or personifications of nature and animals) are placed into: Above Persons, Ground Persons, and Under Water Persons. Deities such as Thunder, Wind Maker, and Cold Maker were worshipped to influence certain changes in nature like bringing rain and stopping storms.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Crooks|first=Alan F.|date=1966|title=Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wal.1966.0018|journal=Western American Literature|volume=1|issue=1|pages=68β69|doi=10.1353/wal.1966.0018|issn=1948-7142}}</ref> [[Blackfeet Nation|Amskapipikuni]] is said to be the inventor of [[tobacco]] and made the first war-time killing with an [[aspen]] stick. The [[Sta-au]] are believed to be a type of ghost, specifically the ghosts of cruel men and women. Most of the deceased are said to live in certain parts of the hills, but the Sta-au are said to hang around camps. They are believed to cause bad luck and harm to living people, especially in the morning.
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