Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Qamai'ts" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Creator goddess. Said to live in the upper heaven, Atsa'axl, from where she controls the earth. According to tradition the mountains were once malevolent beings who made the world uninhabitable, until she conquered them and reduced them in size. She is never invoked or prayed to. Also Tsi Sisnaaxil (our woman); Ek Yakimtolsil (afraid of nothing).... |
Goddess name "Qamai'ts/ Sisnaaxil/ Ek Yakimtolsil" | Bella Coola / BC Canada | The creator goddess that lives in the upper heavens & controls the earth, she is never prayed to |
Goddess name "Qamaits" | British | A warrior goddess of the indigenous Nuxalk people. British Columbia, Canada. |
God name "Senx" | BC Canada | God of the Sun who is the ruler of a lower heavens BC Canada |
God name "Senx" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Sun god. The ruler of the lower heaven, Sonx, in which is situated the home of the gods, Nusmeta (the house of myths). The only deity to whom the Bella Coola pray and make offerings. Hunters throw small pieces of mountain goat or seal flesh into a sacrificial fire. Also Ta'ata (our father); Smai'yakila (sacred one).... |
God name "Senx/ Ta'ata/ Sami'yaila" | Bella Coola / BC Canada | the Sun god that is the ruler of a lower heavens |
God name "Sga'na" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | Sea god. Embodied in the killer whale (Orca). The universe is believed to be inhabited by super natural beings called Sga'na Qeda's for whom the land was first created. Also Måśśet San.... |
Supreme god name "Sins Sga'nagwai" | Haida / BC Canada | A supreme god that gives power to all things |
Supreme god name "Sins Sga'nagwai (power of the shining heavens)" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | Supreme god. The god who gives power to all things.... |
Supreme god name "Sins Sga'nagwai Haid" | BC Canada | Supreme god who gives power to all things BC Canada |
God name "Snulk'ulxa'ls" | Bella Coola / BC Canada | An arctypical god, rather like the Christian god in as he provided a conflict of decent and evil treatment for humans |
God name "Snulk'ulxa'ls Bella Coola" | BC Canada | Arctypical god, rather like the Christian god in as he provided a conflict of decent and evil treatment for humans BC Canada |
God name "Ta'xet" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | God of death. The deity responsible for those who die violently.See also TIA.... |
Demon name "Teharon(hiawagon) (he who holds heaven in his hands)" | Mohawk Indian / USA / Canada | Creator god. He engendered the world and all living things and is invoked by shamans to provide good health and prosperity. His adversary is the demonic figure Tawiskaron, symbolizing darkness.... |
Supreme god name "Tewi'xilak" | Dza'wadeenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of goat-hunters. The eldest son of the supreme god QA'WADILIQALA . Said to kill goats with great ease and feed the tribe. Attributes include a head band of red cedar bark.... |
God name "Tewi'xlak Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | The god of all goat hunters |
God name "Tia/ Ta'xet" | Haida / BC Canada | the god of death, by violence |
God name "Toa'lalit" | Bella Coola | God of hunters, oversees hunting mountain goats. Bella Coola, Canada |