Awonawilona
deity sky Zuni single tradition · 2
Awonawilona is the Sun God in Zuni mythology. He created the Ahayu'da to protect the first people from their enemies, using lightning. The Ahayu'da are second only to Awonawilona himself.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
Relationships
- parent of
- Ahayu'da, Awitelin Tsita, Apoyan Tachu, Sun-father
- co occurs with
- Poshaiyankya
- manifests as
- Sun-father
- has aspect
- Sun-father
- creator of
- Sun-father, Awitelin Tsita, Apoyan Tachu
- served by
- Ahayuta
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Ahayu'da were created by Awonawilona, the Sun God, to protect the first people from their enemies, using lightning. They are second only to Awonawilona himself.”
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“Awonawilona is known as the "Supreme life-giving power" and the creator of all with a name translating to "All Container". The deity's gender is not specified in myth and referred to as either he or she.”
#3938 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5