Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Hulluk Miyumko" | Miwok | The California Miwok name for the Pleiades. The Hulluk Miyumko were female deities who gave birth to "beautiful star chiefs". |
God name "Jupka" | N American | Creator god and teacher of the people. The Yahi, California |
"Kakunupmawa" | Chumash | the radiance of the child of the Winter solstice. The dawn light of each new day is Kakunupmawa's breath expressed as a sigh. Bears, rattlesnakes, deer, mountain lions and ravens were the "pets of Sun. The Chumash, California |
"Kali-matutsi" | N American | Lived in the sky and heavens above. The word is åśśociated with 'sky occupation.' Pomo Indians, California |
God name "Makila" | Californoa | The thunder god who gave the people knowledge and taught them hunting and fishing and the arts. With Kuksu, the creators. The northern Pomo, California |
God name "Owiot" | California | God of the moon and the Father of the Luiseno. California |
God name "Owiot" | Luiseno Indian / California, USA | moon god. The ancestral deity of the tribe.... |
God name "Pakrokitat" | California | Creator god who made people with a face at the front and back of their heads. After a hissy fit, he decended to the middle of the earth. The Serrano Indians, California |
"Wonomi" | California | The benevolent supreme being and creator of the world. The Maidu, California |