Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Kitanitowit (good creator)" | Algonquin Indian / eastern Canada | Creator god. The first being who is present everywhere in the universe. He is invisible and is represented diagrammatically by a point surrounded by a circle on which are marked the four quarters.... |
God name "Kitanitowit" | Algonquin / E Canada | A being who is present everywhere in the universe, he is invisible, like most gods |
God name "Ku'nkunxuliga Ma'maelegae" | BC Canada | Tribal god and personification of the Thunderbird BC Canada |
God name "Lendix-Teux Chilcotin" | BC Canada | Tutelary god who educates the human race BC Canada |
Spirit name "O'Meal Na'kwaxdax" | BC Canada | A tribal spirit, the chief of the anciects who's siblings are the myth people |
Supreme god name "Qa'wadliliquala Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | Not only the Supreme God, but the guardian of the tribe as well as a river deity that insurers the salmon run |
God name "Senx" | BC Canada | God of the Sun who is the ruler of a lower heavens BC Canada |
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 | Arctypical god, rather like the Christian god in as he provided a conflict of decent and evil treatment for humans BC Canada |
God name "Tewi'xlak Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | The god of all goat hunters |
God name "Tsa'qamae Qwe'gsotenox" | BC Canada | the god that controls salmon migration |
God name "Toa'lalit" | Bella Coola | God of hunters, oversees hunting mountain goats. Bella Coola, Canada |
God name "Alk'unta'm" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Sun god. Linked closely with SENX, both are of equal significance. His mother is a cannibal woman, Nunuso' mikeeqone'im, who can turn into a mosquito.... |
Goddess name "Anaulikutsai'x" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | River goddess. Said to oversee the arrival and departure of the salmon in the rivers. She lives in a cave called Nuskesiu'tsta.... |
God name "Lalaia'il" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of shamans. The deity who initiates into the shamanistic circle. He lives in the Forest and carries a wooden wand bound with cedar bark which he waves, creating a singing noise. He also frequents woodland lakes and ponds. When a woman meets him she is said to menstruate, while a man develops a nose bleed. Also Kle-klati-e'il.... |
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).... |
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 "Toa'lalit" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of hunters. Oversees the hunting of mountain goats. He is invisible, but great hunters may catch a glimpse of his hat, moccasins or mountain staff moving about. His animals are the lynx and raven.... |