Montezuma

deity earth Tohono O'odham single tradition · 2

Montezuma is a culture-hero of the Tohono O'odham people of Arizona. Coyote appears as an associate of Montezuma.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1865 CE
Attested period
1865 – 2020
Historical notes
Legend related by chief Con Quien of the Tohono O'odham and published in the Indian Affairs Report of 1865.

Relationships

co occurs with
Badger, Moctezuma
allied with
Coyote
created by
Great Spirit

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Sources

Source passages

“In the mythology of the Tohono O'odham people of Arizona, he appears as an associate of the culture-hero Montezuma. Coyote also appears as a trickster in stories of the Tohono O'odham people.”

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“Pueblo, who held that their god-king Montezuma was variously from Taos, Acoma, or one of the other pueblos, and was conceived from a beautiful virgin and a pinyon pine nut. Although weak as a youth, he was chosen to be their unlikely leader, and surprised everyone with his miracles, including the ability to produce rain”

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