The Quileute Tribe can be found in La Push, Washington, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, tribesmen having inhabited this area for centuries. A lot has changed for the past hundred years, but the culture of the tribe is passed on through the Quileute Elders, as well as its tales and folklore.
One disclaimer is worthy of note. The Twilight book series, authored by Stephenie Meyer, delves deeply into the Quileute myths, and among them is the legend of “The Cold Ones”. This is the only fictitious legend that Stephenie Meyer states she has invented, only adding the story of the the Cold Ones, also known as vampires, in context to the novel plot. The Cold Ones are therefore not truly a part of the Quileute myths that have been passed on through time. All other characters in the novel, however, have been based according to her research regarding the Quileute tribe.
The Quileute Folklore contains several interesting characters. Q’wati was the greatest among them, being a sort of God, or Creator. Not only that, but to the tribe, he was their protector and mentor. It was said that he created the first men by changing two wolves into people – man and woman. Further in their legends, he was the reason why deers have antlers and beavers have tails. Aside from these, he was also said to have created the Neah people, the Queet, and the Hoh people. In fact, he has been the source of credit for the legends of six tribal societies originating from the the elk hunter, the whale hunter, the fisherman, the medicine man and the weather predictor.
The Basket Ogress, Dask’iya, is a cannibal woman the Quileute believed to capture children in her basket and carry them home to eat them. The legends about her are most often used to scare children from bad behavior. It is more likely than not that the modern stories about the bag lady originated from this particular Quileute folklore.
The Thunderbird as described by the Quileute, is an enormous avian large enough to carry a whale in its claws. It was said that he rescued the Quileutes from starvation by bringing them the whale to feed on. The Chief, as the legend states, prayed to the Great Spirit for assistance, and they believe that the Thunderbird was the manifestation of this prayer. They regard the Thuderbird with respect as the it was their savior in the time they were starving.
The Raven, is the trickster in the legends not exclusive to the Quileute tribe, but also spanning the surrounding tribes. It was through his mistakes that he learned. As described, he was lazy, arrogant, deceitful, and generally behaved badly. In one of these legends, he deceived his wife so that he can eat all the food that was given to them. These tales gave way to the selfsame fables read to children today in order to convey the right and the wrong.
Up til now, Quileute legends have influenced their tribesmen, and through additional hype in modern literature and cinema, have once again tickled the interest of many.
I’m sorry but we are not fictional. We are not mass murderers, we are more like the Cullens in Twilight, but have minor differences. We do feed on animal blood, we are capeable of drinking human blood and killing them. We are increadably strong and fast. We do mingle with humans to act normal. Humans as a whole do not know about our existance but more people know than you think. But I want people to know about our existance and to know the danger of us. I want them to understand and see us as normal. soon I will be writing a information page on us cold ones ‘vampires’. oh and notice we spell vampire without a ‘Y’.
we are not fictional. we are just the same as you but we are cold, have no heart beat and we are as hard as rock and yes we do fead on blood.
you guys aren’t serious rite…!!!!
=O
where are the vampires because you guys are acting to be them
carebare22 and gurpx you do not know what is out there we choose not to reveal our selves, as human would not understand that some of aren’t human killers. me and my family are vegaterians. cold one-cold heart is right about every thing but please dont tell anyone!
you wouldn’t believe the things out their.
i swear we exsist i would swear on my life and heart but we do not have one.
To our kind, if humans knew we would all die. my power is good well i should say powers. firstly, i can control my self around humans, and second i can shapeshift. i live in america .
Bye “
I am so sorry…………………………………………..
bad weather to day, its sunny.
They are real people, I have met one. They are just like us but cold and they feast on blood, so what?
joke joke joke hahahaha sorry my friend jane dared me to do it when she saw the web site i am human vampires aren’t real cold one-cold heart and bella.is.the.best are probebly joking as well i hope.
uuuuh…. Vampires aren’t real right?
No Vampires are very real my poor friend but we aint all that bad most of us are vegies and wont hurt any1
that means u vampires really exist then…………..in which country do u live please can u tell me…i want to know
What is WRONG wth you people! can you not see the difference between reality and fiction????? the twilight series IS fiction. trust me, if there were real vampires they would NOT be vegetarian! MY GOD, its like nature, when was the last time you heard of a vegetarian dog! if someone wrote a really cool book about santa would you all start to believe that he was real too!!!!! GET A LIFE! this is a site about Quileute Legends , Folklore, Tales, and Traditional Indian Stories. NOT a place for you to live out your pathetic fantacies of vampires. grow up!
Well diya Officialy i can’t tell you where we all live cause of those entusiastick scientist who wld want to try and study us but i will tell ya that im living in the wales area and amber1 if i am fictionary y have i been 17 4 the past 12yrs?
oh and amber did you no dat wolves eat vegitation as well and they rnt fictional rite?and rnt dey part ov the dog family?
I wish to intercede, you are living in works of fiction. I happen to have friends that are part of the Quileute Nation, whilst they appreciate the interest in their culture, legends, and ways of life, you are dangerously close to being disrespectful. I myself am a Native American of the Hopi Nation, such antics by you so called werewolves, and vampires are preposterous. Mainly someone who has lived for so long would have a decent command of the english language and its spelling. Please do not embarrass yourself further by continuing this facade of immortality in your posts. I say this because I care and delusional minds worry me. I have been a U.S. Marine for 15 years as well, so don’t take this the wrong way, I could put your thoughts of immortality to the test if desired. Good night and God bless, By the way, the Twilight saga is a good read.
how do u know u have been 17 years old for the past 12 years…..sorry for asking such a question …out of curiosity iam asking……can i know ur name plzzzzzz………when do u come online i want to know more about u……..
shadowrider…the above question is for u…why r u not answering…iam not any scientist…iam a student ….plzzzz answer ….i have been waiting for ur answers from sooo many days
srry diya i havent been able to get online and how do i no ive bin 17 4 th past 12yrs is cause ive been counting and i still cant get served:(lol my name is seth n i cum online when ever i get th chance,if u want to no more im online all day shld b anyway if nt ill get back to u wheneva i can. oh blevinsga i use this language nt cause i cnt spell bt cause its quicker and more based with teenagers it helps me feel normal and u can put my immortality 2 th test any day i mite enjoy drinkin ur blood as u try shootin me!
tell me more about u….do u have any gifts like edward have [reading minds] in twilight…….u say that u vampires exist….but there is no proof…..i searched many websites about existence of vampire but i didnot find any…when i told my father about this he laughed and told me that there r no vampires…when i told him this website he asked for me to prove [means in discovery or national geography channels they said that vampires are some bat like living things which create wounds by sucking blood completely where they create a wound]anyway iam diya from india
iam also 17 years old ….i cant test u because u r far away from me anyway i just want to see how u will be[i know its impossible]
Well u cnt prove dat vampires xsit cause we r afraid ov tryin 2 b studied many ov us dnt mind tellin pple bwt our kind on sites lyk dis cause no1 can find our true identitys
I cnt read minds lyk Edward bt sum of my m8s can,my powers is im xtreamly fast
thats really cute so u r extremly fast then…..can u be my friend seth……thanks for answering my questions…iam having another question…..how did u become a vampire?……[aren't u getting irritated with me...iam asking too many questions na thats why]anyway wat do u do?
tell me about yourself and ur family members…[this is open website everyone will read wat u write...so if u dont want to say about urself then dont .......i can understand]
i will be 18 tomorrow [March 3rd is my birthday]
I dnt mind answerin ur questions if u email me my email adress is speedyjr1@googlemail.com ok well i bcame a vampire by gettin bitten by my bst friend
heyyy did u get my mail….othewise check now immediately
hey so just wondering shadowrider what is it called when you ‘change’ someone i know the answer as a fact so u should 2???
soz bn so abrupt but ya know b4 i chat i wanna check
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i must say guys, i have been reading all of your posts, and i am sorry but these are very disturbing and obviously delusional. blevinsga thank you for being the only sane one. i too love the twilight books but you people are just nutty.
Hello. I was reading the comments and i have nothing to say at all. I have an open mind so i belive that vampires could exist. Werewolfs could exist too. I love the Twilight Saga too. But people have to start having open minds. If Vampires Were ledgends, then where did the people get the story to start the ledgend? I mean, there could have been somthing that was drinking blood that had a human form. Whats so impossible about that??
Actually…hi,,I’m Risa…i’m new in this site..did the shadowrider is true that “the cold-one” is exist??
a simple question but need to proof exactly to me (eventhough i knw it was impossible 2 do…) but if that true how can they live between us as human??that our blood makes they so much thirshty???
for shadow rider i hope he can answer this…
some of u people are ridiculous especially u shadowrider just bcuz u say ur a vampire in da computer doesnt prove anything at all.. now if u have a problem wit wut i sayd u can come over to my house and bite me or at least try to.. if i dont see u by my house tonight i will shoot u, i live in puerto rico u dont need to know da color of my house or anything cuz u can track my scent.. but i must advise my brothers and me will tear u to shreds.. and peoples vamps and wolfs are friends dont believe wut shadowrider sayd.. do not ask me if im a vamp or a wolf cuz dat my friend is private..
to my own kind,
i totally agree with you.have open minds people!plus its true,someone would have to have some huge imagination along time ago to make it up.seriously,whats soooo weird about it?Ive been studying vampires and werewolves for awhile and there is no proof that they dont exist.i mean they could probably blend really well with people.Just pale and diffrent.i think that most of them are probably “vegetarions” cuz people would most likely notice random deaths with no known cause.Or they could just be sneaky.
well i have to go,
bye
p.s im not crazy or anything,this is a theory
sorry i havnt been here to anserwer ur questions ive been busy i have been brought up as a vegatarion so its a bit easier to resist human blood and im glad dat sum ov u r keepin open minds about vamps n werewolves cause we all r real i no cause i had a fight wit a wolf
hi, im alex.. and i am a girl just to let you know
do vampires actually exist? i meen some parts on this website have said that the quileute ledgends and the vampire ledgends are fiction.. as in not true.. but then there is a part of me that actually believe in vampires and varewolves..
all the people who are saying they are vampires and warewolves.. how old are you and where do you come fromm ?x
Hi…My name is Lorena. and i am from Romania..let me tell you something i know that vampires exists…i dont think i ever met one…but i did meat wiches…there are so many in romania…and i had one in my family..she died this year..no they dont wear pointy hats…and they dont have big noses or fly on a broomstick…they look like normal people..but they die when they grow old…thats why i really want to become a vampire..idont want to die…i just cant…i am 17 years old…soon i will be 18 and i really want to go to transilvania..but i dont know where to look…i dont trust you peaple above you saw twilight and now you think you are vampires?…pfffff….if you say you are…you must have great powers and whereever you are i’m sure you can use your powers to meet me here in romania…so come one meet me!…here is my yahoo id…Lorena_knowls..if you wanna talk anyone…ps i will let you kill me so that way your secret will be safe…or you can make me one of you….i hope im not waisting my time..cos’ i wont be happy…
and are you all american, because if so then it doesnt matter getting in touch with you.. im from England.
but please tell me if any of you are english and from lincolnshire! xx
I DONT GET IT!
VAMPIRES AND WAREWOLVES ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEIR IDENTITY TO THEMSELVES!
WHY ARE YOU POSTING IT ON A WEBSITE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE. JUST BECAUSE YOU ABSOLOUTLEY ADORE TWILIGHT, DOESNT MEEN YOU HAVE TO PRETEND YOUR A VAMPIRE! I MEEN I AM ADDICTED TO TWILIGHT. BUT YOU DONT SEE ME SAYING “HI IM ALEX IM A VAMPIRE! I POST FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE, EVEN THOUGH IM NOT SUPPOSED TO” ITS JUST CRAZY!
AND someledgendsarereal.. YOUR A ABSOLUTLEY RIGHT!
ITS A COMPUTER, WHAT DOES THAT TELL US.. NOTHING!
but still… i kinda believe you, but theres more likely to be a myth.
people are starting to notice.
OH AND SHADOW RIGHTER.
YOUR REALLY MAKE ME LAUGH.. hahahahaha!
I MEEN, YOU SAY “SORRY I CANT TELL YOU WHERE I LIVE”
BUT THEN YOU SAY “HI IM A REAL VAMPIRE!” WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THAT ABOUT?!
did anyone see my comment?..or am i invsbl.?
To quilleutestudier, im soo sorry i was not able to reply in time. I was really busy. I had broken my leg and Its been total drama with my friends. But anyway thank you for the comment. Not a lot of people have open minds anymore. We need teach ppl that its ok to belive that there might be somthing else out there. I mean do ppl really want to belive that there safe in a boring old town because they dont belive in anything supernatural? thats not true. were all in danger. From any and everything. What if somehow there was a vampire baby born from 2 regular ppl? that baby could grow into being someones mate. I just think ppl should be more open minded a little more. Thx for reading this whole thing its long.
oh hi lorena, erm, is it true that there are witches. ?
im from england.
and i odnt know if i believe in vampires or not? i think there a myth.
do you believe in them?
oh and i dont think you would want to be a vampire. well you would if you wanted to live forever but i dont think that anyone who is a vampire would have wanted to become one anyway.x
i do belive in them…i dont know why i just do…vampires originally came form Romania…i’m not 100% sure that they exist cuz i never met one but im really sure that witches are real..there not like in movies or anything you would probably imagine..my mom’s godmother was a witch…but she was bad because of her my parents split up when i was little….i lived in ireland 6 years thats how i know how to speak english..but i’m not that good..:))…ive been to england 4 years ago it was really nice:*..i really would like to become a vampire to see how the future will be in the past and i dont want to die..i so afraid of that
i’m so afraid of that
i meant to say…to see how the future will be like and if it is going to be different from the past…..i was fascinated with thise things since i was little.with vampires and all…i would probably miss some things but at least i would never have to die
thank you mythicalreader for agreeing with me.. a lot of people always ask me r u a werewolf or a vampire??? it pisses me off cuz wut is it dere business sheesh wut if i am so wut.. wut if am not … den dey ask me how do i now all these stuff of werewolfs and vampires.. peoples dats my business. n shadowrider i didnt c u at my house. wait arent u a vampire.. peoples he is not.. n if u have a problem wit wut im sayin shadowrider come n tell me n ill send one of my brothers to tear u to shreds.. or mayb myself.
omg werewolfs and vampires dont just tell their secrets on the internet..so stop
oohh n by the way im a gurl n my name is jessica.. hi lorena.. i believe in witches too..my family is very wierd n they have a big mix..i wish i culd tell u humans really because i trust u guys but i cant…hey mythicalreader can u believe in shadowrider hes very funny..but i didint get u wen u sayd “but still… i kinda believe you, but theres more likely to be a myth.people are starting to notice.” can u explain that please???
ok ok…if u are a vampire…can you make me one?..i would give anything..even my soul…
…if u say no then i know ur just a fake…
I’ll do anything to be a vampire like a cold one… ANYTHING. so is you are really one …. FOR REAL. will you change me? please ANYTHING! I beg you please. If you can, email me. ShannonCullen17@yahoo.com yah i know, thats my real last name
lorena who u talkin to??
Wow, this is stupid. I didn’t think this website was going to have things like this at all. I wanted to read about the tribes of La Push. Your dicussions make the website look like a joke. Seriously, I REALLY hoped I could have a serious conversation about myths and tribes. But instead I get …”Uh….yeah, I’m a vampire…duhhh” Really!!! Isn’t there some Twilight chat room you “vampires” can fade into??? (I’m with you 100% blevinsga!!!!) IF THE CREATORS OF THIS WEBSITE READ THIS- DELETE THESE STUPIS COMMENTS- IT MAKES YOU LOKK LIKE A JOKE! AND I’M SURE THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WANTED, BECAUSE THERE IS AWESOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRIBE AND LA PUSH!!!
ok I just have to comment on how insane you all sound! There are a handful of people who have written here who sound like they have a brain – the rest of you are total idiots. You know if the half of you told these stories to a psychologist you would most likely get commited or at least be sent to a psychiatrist for medication!
Its called Schizophrenia – when you live in a fantasy world and you actually believe these things happen. I actually feel sorry for you. I know that in your head these things probably feel real, and you get really angry and upset if people dont believe you. If not Schizophrenia then its some sort of personality disorder where you seek attention so much that you invent an alternate reality in order to gain peoples interest in you.
So, if you people do suffer from a condition like the ones I’ve mentioned then – get some professional help. I’m actually a psychologist myself so I’m not just making this stuff up. Look it up in the DSM-IV, the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Forth Edition. You will learn a lot about yourselves.
The only other reason for your “stories” is that you are really just making this stuff up to make yourselves feel more special or interesting because in reality (the REAL reality that the rest of the world live in) you are just pathetic kids with nothing better to do! Go do some homework and learn something. Something REAL that might actually make a difference to the world, rather than wasting your lives and brain cells dreaming up stories of Vampires!
And I agree with waspeyes the website creators need to delete all this rubbish from this site. It really is a joke and is making a mockery of the real information on the ledgends and tribes of La Push.
somelegendsarereal..i’m talking to you…and u people who say that vampires don’t exist..ur just stupid!…
OMG i cant believe you all you can have you’re opion and all and amber1
dont be so mean people are allowed to believe what they want we alll really
dont know if vampires are real or not if shape shifters are real or faires or flying horses or
anything all we have is the myths and legends and is it a big deal if people believe
or not?? let them have their opion and you can have yours but all you dont have to be so
mean and rude about it. Also crazypeople i know people who are native american and some people like fanasty
cause i know that life is hard and its not fair and thats why people keep to themself or they go into fanasty what i do is go on fanpop and write stories.
plus this site is ok but it does have so effect but no that much i think the quileute people
would be proud of the creator and all other people who support them and love their
legends but thats me maybe you have a different opion and i will not agure agianst what
is rite or wrong.
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Hi again urm…Lorena just wonder’n what part of dy’n r u scared of?
ohhh that’s my nick name it’s still Evalina though
Peace
OMG! I totally am a vampire! I mean im wiccan to, (whitch means that im a witch and, IM NOT EVIL! let me get this straght… I am not a Devil worshiper, and their is no devil in the craft! so if you think i am a devil worshiper, ur nutz!)
No1 soundz insane crazypeople, if any1 sounds insane its you ‘cuz im a vampire AND a witch so hush-up!
well this is my third comment in a row, but hey, im board! so anyway, i have this crush and he knows that i like him and so does the whole school! that stinks!(he thinks im crazy!)
…
Lorena,
i can make you a vampire…
hey vampire girl
where do u live???
I have read the Twilight Saga and as well seen the movies.i love them.I am an open minded person,but i believe the some of u guys r crazy living in a world of fantasy.i Am not obsessed with the twilight saga i know its NOT real its just normal people playing the roll of the character they play,{there just really famous} and make lots of money thats really the only difference between them.but besides that fact,vampires and werewolfs arent real its like saying pigs can fly or santas real. i wish u people would wake up and realize its a myth and the legends were made up,like sponge bob or flapjack,ect. and for those people who think their vampires are straight up tripping because as far as i know they arent real,but as sooon as i see with my own eyes their real, i am NOT buying it!!!!
to lorena, no.. believe wut u want. i dont care.. all of you humans are disrispecting my tribe.. these stories are about WEREWOLFS not vampires.. if u believe in vampires and werewolfs fine.. thats your opinion. but please dont disrispect me or my fellow brothers.. this is our tribe and we are sharing our history..
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