Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Tobadzistsini (child of the water)" | Navaho / USA | war god. Considered younger and inferior to NAYENEZGANI, the chief war god of the Navaho. His mother conceived him through the magical power of a waterfall. His priest wears similar attire to that of Nayenezgani, but the mask is painted with red ocher except for a triangular black area bordered with white. It also has a fringe of yellow or red wool.... |
God name "Toneili" | Navaho | this is the Rain god in charge of all water from the skies |
God name "Tonenili" | Navaho | Rain god the controls waters from the skies. Tonenili saved the people from the water monster Ticholtsodi. Navaho |
God name "Tonenili" | Navaho / USA | Rain god. The so-called lord of the celestial waters, he controls the Rain from the skies as opposed to that of lakes, rivers and seas. He is said to scatter his waters to the four cardinal points and storm clouds begin to gather. He is also the water-carrier for the other gods in the pantheon. He wears a blue mask with a fringe of hair and a spruce collar, but is otherwise naked save for a scarlet loin-cloth and a leather belt with silver ornamentation and a fox skin dangling at the back. His attributes, in mythology only, are two wicker water-bottles, one blue and one black, whose strings are Rainbows.... |
God name "Tsohanoai" | Navaho | God of the Sun. Navaho |
Supreme god name "Tsohanoai (day bearer)" | Navaho / USA | Sun god. Not regarded as a supreme god, Tsohanoai moves across the sky, invisible, behind the disc of the Sun, sa, which is his shield. His consort is the fertility goddess ESTSANATLEHI and he is the father of the war god NAYENEZGANI. He is also attributed with the creation of all the big game animals. He is thought to walk on a Rainbow and ride a blue steed. He is never depicted in art nor impersonated.... |
God name "Yeba Ka" | Navaho | Male leader of the gods Navaho |
God name "Yebaad" | Navaho | Female leader of the gods Navaho |
"Yeitso" | Navaho | Child of the Sun, a giant in Navaho legend Navaho |
Goddess name "Yolkai Estan" | Navaho / USA | Fertility goddess. The sister of the principal fertility goddess, ESTSANATLEHI, she was engendered by the gods, who gave life to an image made from white shells.... |
Goddess name "Yolkai Estsan" | Navaho | Goddess of war, the dawn, fire and the moon Navaho |