Africa - America Tribes Before Deity or spirit Notes Columbus

Tribe or group Abenaki Azeban Trickster Abenaki Gluskab Kind protector of humanity Abenaki Malsumis Cruel, evil god Abenaki Pamola Bird spirit; causes cold weather Abenaki Tabaldak The creator Blackfoot Apistotookii Creator Blackfoot Napi Trickster Haida Ta'xet God of violent death Haida Tia Goddess of peaceful death Ho-Chunk Red Horn 'He Who Wears (Human) Faces on His Ears' Hopi Aholi A kachina Hopi Angwusnasomtaka Crow Mother, a kachina Hopi Kokopelli Fertility, flute player, a kachina Hopi Koyangwuti Creation, Spider grandmother Hopi Muyingwa Germination of seeds, a kachina Hopi Taiowa Sun spirit, creator Innu Kanipinikassikueu Provider of caribou Innu Matshishkapeu Spirit of the anus Inuit Lunar deity Inuit Master of bears Inuit Sea mother and food provider Inuit Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine Inuit Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld Inuit Torngasoak Sky god Iroquois Adekagagwaa Summer Iroquois Gaol Wind god Iroquois Gendenwitha Maiden, transformed into Morning Star by Dawn. Iroquois Gohone Winter Iroquois Hahgwehdaetgan God of evil. Twin of Hahgwehdiyu. Creator; god of goodness and light. Twin of Iroquois Hahgwehdiyu Hahgwehdaetgan. Iroquois Onatha Fertility Iroquois Onatha Fertility Kwakiutl Kewkwaxa'we Raven spirit Lakota Canopus Lakota Haokah Sacred clown Lakota Whope Peace Lakota Wi Solar spirit, father of Whope Lakota Etu Personification of Time Mi'kmaq Niskam Miwok Coyote Trickster Narragansett Cautantowwit Creator Navajo Asdzą́ ą́ Nádleehé Creation deity, changing woman Navajo Bikʼeh Hózhǫ́ Personification of speech Haashchʼéé Navajo Deity of the hunt Oołtʼohí Navajo Haashchʼééłtiʼí The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east Navajo Hashchʼéoghan The House-god, god of evening and the west Navajo Niltsi Wind god Navajo Tó Neinilii 'Water sprinkler', rain god Navajo Jóhonaaʼéí Sun Navajo Yoołgai Asdzą́ ą́ 'White-shell woman', lunar deity Navajo Mą’ii Coyote trickster god Navajo Black God Creator of the stars, god of fire Navajo See also Diné Bahaneʼ Pawnee Pah Lunar deity Pawnee Shakuru Solar deity Pawnee Tirawa Creator Salish Amotken Supreme deity Seneca Eagentci Sky goddess Seneca Hagones Tricketer Seneca Hawenniyo A fertility god Seneca Kaakvha Solar deity Snohomish Dohkwibuhch Creator Taíno Yaya (god) Supreme God/Great Spirit Taíno Yayael The son of Yaya Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female Taíno Atabey (goddess) counterpart of the god Yúcahu The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology Taíno Yúcahu along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart

The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who Taíno Guabancex The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature. The zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to Taíno Juracán control the weather, particularly hurricanes. The god of thunder and lightning who is also Taíno Guatauva responsible for rallying the other storm gods. The torrential downpour Goddess, the Taíno Coatrisquie terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side- kick of thunder God Guatauva. Old man fire; the Taíno spirit of Cohoba and guardian Taíno Bayamanaco of the secrets of sweet potato bread. Twin god of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and Taíno Boinayel floods. Twin god of the sun and of good weather; Boinayel's Taíno Márohu twin brother. Maketaori Taíno The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Guayaba A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often Taíno Opiyel Guabiron associated with the Greek Cerberus. Wyandot Airesekui Creation Wyandot Heng Storm god Wyandot Iosheka Creation