Tsonoqua
deity forest Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology single tradition · 1
Tsonoqua, also known as Dzunuḵ̓wa or Basket Ogress, is a figure in Kwakwakaʼwakw and Nuu-chah-nulth mythology. She is venerated as a bringer of wealth, but also feared by children as an ogress who steals children to eat. Her appearance is that of a naked old monster, black in colour, with long pendulous breasts and bedraggled hair.
Relationships
- parent of
- Tsilwalagame
- syncretized with
- Dzunukwa
- manifests as
- Basket Ogress
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Dzunuḵ̓wa (pronounced "zoo-noo-kwah"), also Tsonoqua, Tsonokwa, Basket Ogress, is a figure in Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology and Nuu-chah-nulth mythology. She is an ancestor of the Namgis clan through her son, Tsilwalagame. She is venerated as a bringer of wealth, but is also greatly feared by children, because she is also known as an ogress who steals children and carries them home in her basket to eat”
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