List of Native American deities

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

North American deities

Tribe or group Deity or spirit or manNotes Abenaki Azeban Trickster Gluskab Kind protector of humanity Malsumis Cruel, evil god Pamola Bird spirit; causes cold weather Tabaldak The creator Blackfoot Apistotookii Creator Napi Trickster Cahuilla Tahquitz Creator, death, or evil. Haida Ta'xet God of violent death Tia Goddess of peaceful death 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 Muyingwa Germination of seeds, a kachina Taiowa Sun spirit, creator Innu Kanipinikassikueu Provider of caribou Matshishkapeu Spirit of the anus 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 underworldSkellSpirit 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 TricksterModocKumookumtsCreator; god of goodness and light Narragansett Cautantowwit Creator Wompanànd The Eastern God Reprint of a book first published in 1643. Chekesuwànd The Western God Wunnanaméanit The Northern God Sowwanànd The Southern God Wetuomanit The House God Squauanit God of Women Muckquachuckquand God of Children Keesuckquànd The Sun God Reprint of a book first published in 1643. Nanepaûshat The Moon God Paumpagussit The Sea Yotáanit The Fire God Navajo Creation deity, changing woman Personification of speech Deity of the hunt The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east The House-god, god of evening and the west Wind god 'Water sprinkler', rain god Sun '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 Heng Storm god Iosheka Creation

South American deities Tribe or group Deity or spiritNotesIncaApuGod 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.AtaguchuGod who assisted in creation myth.CatequilGod of thunder and lightning.CavillaceVirginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son.Cavillace's sonSon 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 QuyllurGoddess of dawn and twilight.ConirayaMoon 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 KillaMoon Goddess. Daughter of Vircocha and Pachamama. Wife of Inti.IntiSun God. Son of Vircocha and Pachamama. Husband of Mama Killa.Manco CápacSon of either Viracocha or Inti. First Emperor of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.Mama OclloWife of Manco Cápac. First Empress of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.Ayar CachiBrother of Manco Cápac.

See also Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

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