Kuterastan
deity Kiowa Apache single tradition · 1
Kuterastan is the creator deity in a creation myth of the Kiowa Apache from the southern plains of North America. His name means "One Who Lives Above". He is described as a small bearded man no larger than a frog who awakens in the darkness before the earth or sky existed.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- allied with
- Stenatliha, Chuganaai, Hadintin Skhin
- parent of
- Nacholecho
- creator of
- Stenatliha, Chuganaai, Hadintin Skhin, Nacholecho
- served by
- Nacholecho
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Kuterastan is the creator in a creation myth of the Kiowa Apache from the southern plains of North America. His name means "One Who Lives Above". The story of his creation tells that in the beginning, before there were earth or sky there was only darkness. Into it came a small and thin disc with yellow and white on its alternate sides, and inside it sat Kuterastan”
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