List of Native American deities

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List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity.

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## Contents

* 1 North American deities
* 2 South American deities
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## North American deities

Tribe or group  | Deity or spirit or man  | Notes

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Abenaki  | Azeban  | Trickster
Gluskab  | Kind protector of humanity
Malsumis  | Cruel, evil god
Pamola  | Bird spirit; causes cold weather
Tabaldak | The creator
Blackfoot  | Apistotookii  | Creator[1]
Napi  | Trickster[1]
Cahuilla  | Tahquitz | Creator, death, or evil.
Haida  | Ta'xet | God of violent death[2]
Tia  | Goddess of peaceful death[2]
Ho-Chunk  | Red Horn  | 'He Who Wears (Human) Faces on His Ears'
Hopi | Aholi  | A kachina
Angwusnasomtaka  | Crow Mother, a kachina
Kokopelli  | Fertility, flute player, a kachina
Kokyangwuti  | Creation, Spider grandmother[3]
Muyingwa  | Germination of seeds, a kachina
Taiowa  | Sun spirit, creator
Innu  | Kanipinikassikueu  | Provider of caribou[4]
Matshishkapeu  | Spirit of the anus[4]
Inuit  | Igaluk  | Lunar deity
Nanook  | Master of bears
Nerrivik  | Sea mother and food provider
Pinga  | Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
Sedna  | Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld
Torngasoak  | Sky god
Iroquois  | Adekagagwaa | Summer
Gaoh  | Wind god
Gendenwitha  | Maiden, transformed into Morning Star by Dawn.
Gohone | Winter
Hahgwehdaetgan | God of evil. Twin of Hahgwehdiyu.
Hahgwehdiyu | Creator; god of goodness and light. Twin of Hahgwehdaetgan.
Onatha  | Fertility
Klamath  | Llao | God of the underworld
Skell  | Spirit of the sky/above-world
Kwakiutl  | Kewkwaxa'we  | Raven spirit
Lakota  | Whope  | Peace
Wi  | Solar spirit, father of Whope
Etu  | Personification of time
Mi'kmaq  | Niskam  | The sun; architect
Miwok  | Coyote | Trickster
Modoc  | Kumookumts  | Creator; god of goodness and light[5]
Narragansett  | Cautantowwit | Creator
Wompanànd  | The Eastern God[6] |
Chekesuwànd  | The Western God[6]
Wunnanaméanit  | The Northern God[6]
Sowwanànd  | The Southern God[6]
Wetuomanit  | The House God[6]
Squauanit  | God of Women[6]
Muckquachuckquand  | God of Children[6]
Keesuckquànd  | The Sun God[7]
Nanepaûshat  | The Moon God[7]
Paumpagussit  | The Sea[7]
Yotáanit  | The Fire God[7]
Navajo  | Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé | Creation deity, changing woman
Bikʼeh Hózhǫ́ | Personification of speech
Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí | Deity of the hunt
Haashchʼééłtiʼí | The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east
Hashchʼéoghan | The House-god, god of evening and the west
Niltsi | Wind god
Tó Neinilii | 'Water sprinkler', rain god
Jóhonaaʼéí | Sun
Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́ | 'White-shell woman', lunar deity
Mą’ii | Coyote trickster god
Black God  | Creator of the stars, god of fire
| See also Diné Bahaneʼ
Pawnee  | Pah  | Lunar deity
Shakuru  | Solar deity
Tirawa  | Creator
Salish  | Amotken | Supreme deity
Seneca  | Eagentci  | Sky goddess
Hagones  | Trickster
Hawenniyo  | A fertility god
Kaakvha  | Solar deity
Sioux  | Haokah  | Sacred clown
Anpao  | Spirit with two faces that represents the dawn
Snohomish  | Dohkwibuhch | Creator
Taíno  | Yaya (Hayah) | Supreme God/Great Spirit
Yaya'al/Yayael (YasHayah)  | The son of Yaya (Hayah)
Atabey (goddess)  | Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu
Yúcahu | The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart
Guabancex | The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature.
Juracán  | The zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes.
Guatauva  | The god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
Coatrisquie  | The torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva.
Bayamanaco  | Old man fire; the Taíno spirit of Cohoba and guardian of the secrets of sweet potato bread.
Boinayel  | God of the sun and of good weather; Marohu's twin brother.
Márohu  | God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother.
Maketaori Guayaba  | The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead.
Opiyel Guabiron  | A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus.
Tongva  | Chinigchinix  | Mythological figure of the Mission Indians
Wyandot  | Airesekui  | Creation[8]
Heng  | Storm god[9]
Iosheka  | Creation[10]

## South American deities

Tribe or group  | Deity or spirit  | Notes

|
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Inca  | Apu  | God or spirit of mountains.

All of the important mountains have their own Apu, and some of them receive sacrifices to bring out certain aspects of their being. Some rocks and caves also are credited as having their own apu.

Ataguchu  | God who assisted in creation myth.
Catequil  | God of thunder and lightning.
Cavillace  | Virginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son.
Cavillace's son  | Son of Cavillace and Coniraya. When he was born, Cavillace demanded that the father step forward. No one did, so she put the baby on the ground and it crawled towards Coniraya. She was ashamed because of Coniraya's low stature among the gods, and ran to the coast of Peru, where she changed herself and her son into rocks.
Ch'aska/ Ch'aska Quyllur  | Goddess of dawn and twilight.
Coniraya  | Moon god. Fashioned his sperm into a fruit, which Cavillaca then ate, and gave birth to a child.
Pachamama | Fertility Goddess. Wife of Vircocha.
Viracocha | Creation God. Husband of Pachamama.
Mama Killa  | Moon Goddess. Daughter of Vircocha and Pachamama. Wife of Inti.
Inti | Sun God. Son of Vircocha and Pachamama. Husband of Mama Killa.
Manco Cápac  | Son of either Viracocha or Inti. First Emperor of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.
Mama Ocllo  | Wife of Manco Cápac. First Empress of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.
Ayar Cachi  | Brother of Manco Cápac.

## See also

* Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Blackfoot Legends (Folklore, Myths, and Traditional Siksika Indian Stories)". http://www.native-languages.org/blackfoot-legends.htm.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology: Vol. 4. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish. 2005. p. 447. ISBN 9780761475637. https://books.google.com/books?id=n2FpRCam224C&q=Ta'xet&pg=PA447.
3. ↑ "KOKYANGWUTI - the Hopi Goddess of Creation (Hopi mythology)". https://www.godchecker.com/hopi-mythology/KOKYANGWUTI/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Armitage, Peter. "RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY AMONG THE INNU OF EASTERN QUEBEC AND LABRADOR". http://www.religiologiques.uqam.ca/no6/armit.pdf.
5. ↑ Mathias (2024-06-21). "Modoc Creation and Great flood story" (in en-US). https://drumsofatlantis.com/modoc-creation-and-great-flood-story.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Williams, Roger (1827). A key into the language of America. Providence: John Miller. p. 149. https://archive.org/details/keyintolanguageo00will. Retrieved 2008-12-11. Reprint of a book first published in 1643.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Williams, Roger (1827). A key into the language of America. Providence: John Miller. p. 150. https://archive.org/details/keyintolanguageo00will. Retrieved 2008-12-11. Reprint of a book first published in 1643.
8. ↑ "ARESKOUI - the Wyandot God of Creation (Native American mythology)". https://www.godchecker.com/native-american-mythology/ARESKOUI/.
9. ↑ "THE TOP FIFTEEN DEITIES IN IROQUOIS MYTHOLOGY". January 28, 2013. https://glitternight.com/2013/01/28/the-top-fifteen-deities-in-iroquois-mythology/.
10. ↑ "IOSKEHA - the Wyandot God of Creation (Native American mythology)". https://www.godchecker.com/native-american-mythology/IOSKEHA/.

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