Earth-maker
deity earth Tohono O'odham single tradition · 1
Earth-maker is the creator deity who made the world from dirt and sweat scraped from his own skin. He shaped and peopled the new world alongside I'itoi. After the flood, he emerged first and was entitled to be leader with the title of Elder Brother, though I'itoi claimed it instead.
When
- Attested period
- 1930 – 1939
- Historical notes
- Story recorded by Ruth Murray Underhill in the late 1930s from Tohono O'odham storytellers.
Relationships
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The world was made by Earth-maker out of the dirt and sweat which he scraped from his skin... Iitoi and Earth-maker shaped and peopled the new world... It was Earth-maker, the creator, who came forth first”
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