Divindades Indígenas Americanas

North American gods[edit]

Tribe or group Deity or spirit Notes

Abenaki Azeban Trickster

Gluskab Kind protector of humanity

Malsumis Cruel, evil god

Pamola Bird spirit; causes cold weather

Tabaldak The creator

Blackfoot Apistotookii Creator[1]

Napi Trickster[1]

Haida Ta'xet God of violent death[2]

Tia Goddess of peaceful death[2]

Ho-Chunk Red Horn 'He Who Wears (Human) Faces on His Ears'

Hopi Aholi A kachina

Angwusnasomtaka Crow Mother, a kachina

Kokopelli Fertility, flute player, a kachina

Kokyangwuti Creation, Spider grandmother[3]

Muyingwa Germination of seeds, a kachina

Taiowa Sun spirit, creator

Innu Kanipinikassikueu Provider of caribou[4]

Matshishkapeu Spirit of the anus[4]

Inuit Igaluk Lunar deity

Nanook Master of bears

Nerrivik Sea mother and food provider

Pinga Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine

Sedna Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld

Torngasoak Sky god

Iroquois Adekagagwaa Summer

Gaol Wind god

Gendenwitha Maiden, transformed into Morning Star by Dawn.

Gohone Winter

Hahgwehdaetgan God of evil. Twin of Hahgwehdiyu.

Hahgwehdiyu Creator; god of goodness and light. Twin of Hahgwehdaetgan.

Onatha Fertility

Kwakiutl Kewkwaxa'we Raven spirit

Lakota Canopus

Haokah Sacred clown

Whope Peace

Wi Solar spirit, father of Whope

Etu Personification of Time

Mi'kmaq Niskam

Miwok Coyote Trickster

Narragansett Cautantowwit Creator

Navajo Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé Creation deity, changing woman

Bikʼeh Hózhǫ́ Personification of speech

Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí Deity of the hunt

Haashchʼééłtiʼí The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east

Hashchʼéoghan The House-god, god of evening and the west

Niltsi Wind god

Tó Neinilii 'Water sprinkler', rain god

Jóhonaaʼéí Sun

Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́ 'White-shell woman', lunar deity

Mą’ii Coyote trickster god

Black God Creator of the stars, god of fire

See also Diné Bahaneʼ

Pawnee Pah Lunar deity

Shakuru Solar deity

Tirawa Creator

Salish Amotken Supreme deity

Seneca Eagentci Sky goddess

Hagones Trickster

Hawenniyo A fertility god

Kaakvha Solar deity

Snohomish Dohkwibuhch Creator

Taíno Yaya (god) Supreme God/Great Spirit

Yayael The son of Yaya

Atabey (goddess) Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu

Yúcahu The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart

Guabancex The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature.

Juracán The zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes.

Guatauva The god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.

Coatrisquie The torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible Taíno storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva.

Bayamanaco Old man fire; the Taíno spirit of Cohoba and guardian of the secrets of sweet potato bread.

Boinayel God of the sun and of good weather; Marohu's twin brother.

Márohu God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother.

Maketaori Guayaba The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead.

Opiyel Guabiron A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus.

Wyandot Airesekui Creation[5]

Heng Storm god[6]

Iosheka Creation[7]

South American deities[edit]

Tribe or group Deity or spirit Notes

Inca Apu God or spirit of mountains.

All of the important mountains have their own Apu, and some of them receive sacrifices to bring out certain aspects of their being. Some rocks and caves also are credited as having their own apu.

Ataguchu God who assisted in creation myth.

Catequil God of thunder and lightning.

Cavillace Virginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son.

Cavillace's son Son of Cavillace and Coniraya. When he was born, Cavillace demanded that the father step forward. No one did, so she put the baby on the ground and it crawled towards Coniraya. She was ashamed because of Coniraya's low stature among the gods, and ran to the coast of Peru, where she changed herself and her son into rocks.

Ch'aska/ Ch'aska Quyllur Goddess of dawn and twilight.

Coniraya Moon god. Fashioned his sperm into a fruit, which Cavillaca then ate, and gave birth to a child.

Pachamama Fertility Goddess. Wife of Vircocha.

Viracocha Creation God. Husband of Pachamama.

Mama Killa Moon Goddess. Daughter of Vircocha and Pachamama. Wife of Inti.

Inti Sun God. Son of Vircocha and Pachamama. Husband of Mama Killa.

Manco Cápac Son of either Viracocha or Inti. First Emperor of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.

Mama Ocllo Wife of Manco Cápac. First Empress of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.

Ayar Cachi Brother of Manco Cápac.