| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Amalivaca" | Native America | A Native American spirit, who had seven daughters. He broke their legs to prevent their running away, and left them to people the Forests. |
| Spirit name "Apacita" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a pile of stones marking the top of a påśś or some other critical point on a route invoked by travelers with small offerings to strengthen them on their journey.... |
| Spirit name "Arnakua'gsak" | Inuit / North American | Animistic spirit. The Old Woman of the Sea who supplies all the physical needs of the Eskimo from the ocean.... |
| Deities name "Balam (jaguar)" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Guardian deities. Poorly defined spirits who protect individuals in daily life. Four balam stand at the cardinal points around a village to guard against dangerous animals. They also protect the four sides of a milpa (smallholding) against thieves.... |
| Spirit name "Bokwus" | Kwakiutl | fearsome spirit in the great North Western American Forests. Kwakiutl |
| Spirit name "Cururipur" | S American | spirit of the jungle that brings destruction to tortoise hunters. South American |
| Spirit name "Gunnodoyak" | A youthful heroic deity who was once mortal | Iroquois (North American Indian). He was empowered by the spirit of thunder, Hino, to conquer the Great water Snake, enemy of humankind. The serpent devoured Gunnodoyak but was then slain by Hino, who cut open the snake, recovered the body of Gunnodoyak and returned him to his rightful place in heaven.... |
| Spirit name "Huaca" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | spirit being. The apotheosis of a natural object such as a rock or a place of local importance such as a spring. It is uncertain whether the principle is one of animism (when a deity takes on different natural shapes at will) or anImatism (when an object is a supernatural being in its own right).... |
| Spirit name "Huanacauri" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a special spindle-shaped stone sited near Cuzco which protected the Inca royal family and also featured strongly in the maturation rites of male Inca adolescents. Also Wanakawri.... |
| Spirit name "Iatiku and Nautsiti" | Acoma | Sisters who, when giving life to the snakes and fishes, accidentally created the evil spirit. Acoma. Native American |
| Spirit name "Igalilik" | Inuit / North American | Hunting spirit. He travels the icy wastes with a kitchen strapped to his back which includes a pot big enough to carry a whole seal. It boils as he carries it.... |
| Deities name "Kokopelli" | S America | A fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by many Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and Agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music. |
| Spirit name "Koyote" | North American Indian | Tutelary god. Recognized by several tribes, including the Navaho and Apache. He acts as a cult hero who intercedes with more remote creator spirits and teaches the Indian.... |
| Goddess name "Kundalini" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The spirit of the earth perceived in human form and responsible for the provision of all food from the soil. The earth is considered to be sacred and should not be owned by any one person, but can be utilized for the benefit of the community as a whole. Kundalini is believed to have been the mother of all other vegetation deities.... |
| Spirit name "Maho Peneta Mandan" | N American | Great spirit USA |
| Spirit name "Omuqkatos" | N America | The Great spirit who is the Sun. The Blackfeet, Northern Plains, Canada / United States |
| Spirit name "Wanka" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a tall stone or boulder (HVACA) set upright in the center of a field.... |
| Spirit name "Wawki" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a stone or HVACA which each Inca emperor carried with him as a personal tutelary deity. The object was known as a brother.... |
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