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| Goddess name "Aittsamka" | Bella Coola | A goddess of teaching |
| God name "Alk'unta'm" | Bella Coola | The Sun god |
| 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.... |
"Alkuntam" | Coola | Alkuntam of the Bella Coola, might be Thunder related. Coola |
| Goddess name "Anaulikutsai'x" | Bella Coola | A river goddess that oversees the salmon's cycle of life |
| 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.... |
| Goddess name "Hano" | Bella Coola | A goddess of teaching |
| Goddess name "L'etsa'aplelana" | Bella Coola / PNW Canada | The goddess who initiates the shamans |
"Lalaia'il" | Bella Coola | The Manitou that initiated the shaman |
| 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).... |
| 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 |
| 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 "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 |
| Goddess name "Tlitcaplitana" | Bella Coola | Goddess of healing åśśociated with singing and chanting. Bella Coola |
| God name "Toa'lalit" | Bella Coola | God of hunters, oversees hunting mountain goats. Bella Coola, Canada |
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