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North American Gods by Function

Gods with Multiple Functions Animal/Hunting Gods Artisans
Creator Death/Underword/Destruction Earth/Fertility
Evil Good Hearth
Healing Protective Sea
Sky Storms Sun/Stars
Supreme Tricksters/Messengers War/Peace
Water Wealth Wind
Women/Children Vegetation/Agriculture/Wine The End


Animals/Hunting
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ac Yanto
(Mayan)
White men
Ah Cancum
(Mayan)
Hunting
Ah Muzencab
(Mayan)
Bees
Ah Tabai
(Mayan)
Hunting
Sosondowah
(Iroquois)
Hunting


Artisans
God Name(s) Responsibiity
Ab Kin Zoc
(Mayan)
Poetry
Chicomexochtli
(Aztec)
Painters
Cochimetl,Cocochimetl
(Aztec)
Merchants and commerce
Acat
(Mayan)
Tattooers
Huixtocihuatl,Uixtochihuatl
(Aztec)
Salt
Itzlacoliuhque
(Aztec)
Obsidian knife
Ix Chebel Yax
(Mayan)
Weaving
Macuilxochitl,Xochipilli
(Aztec)
Music and Dancing
Yacatecuhtli
(Aztec)
Merchants
Yiacatecuhtli
(Aztec)
Travelling Merchants


Creator
God Name(s) Responsibility
Agu'gux
(Aleut)
Creator
Ahsonnutli
(Navaho)
Creator
Amotken
(Salish)
Creator
Aba
(Choctaw)
Creator
Atl
(Aztec)
Creator
Blue Jay
(Chinook)
Creator
Cacoch,Kacoch
(Mayan)
Creator
Ce Acatl
(Aztec)
Crator(Minor)
Chiconahuiehecatl
(Aztec)
Creator(Minor)
Cihuacoatl
(Aztec)
Humans
Chingichnich
(California)
Creator
Citlalatonac and Citlalicue
(Aztec)
Creator
Crow
(Tlingit)
Creator
Gitche Manitou
(Algonquin)
Creator
Hunab Ku
(Mayan)
Creator
Hunapu
(Mayan)
Dead
Huruing Wuhti
(Hopi)
Creator
Ikto
(Sioux)
Created Human Speech
Ioskeha,Iouskeha
(Iroquois and Hurons)
Creator Team
Kan-xib-yui
(Maya)
Recreated Earth
Kodoyanpe
(Maidu)
Created Humans with Coyote
Kuksu and Marumda
(Pomo)
Creator Team
Michabo
(Algonquin)
Creator Human Race
Nanabozho','Nanabush','Algonquin creator god Underworld
Na'pi
(Blackfoot)
Creator
Naum
(Maya)
Created mind and thought
Nohochacyum
(Mayan)
Creator
Olelbis
(Wintun)
Creator
Omecihuatl and Ometecuhtli
(Aztec)
Creator team
Pakrokitat and Kukitat
(Serrano)
Creator god and sibling
Sus'sistinnako
(Sia)
Creator
Taikomol
(Yuki)
Creator
Taiowa
(Hopi)
Creator
Tepeu
(Quiche Maya)
Creator
Thoume Kene Kimte Cacounche
(Natchez)
Creator
Tloque Nahuaque
(Aztec)
Creator
Tonacatecuhtli and Tonacacihuatl
(Aztec)
All Life
Tuchaipa
(Yuman)
All good things
Tukma
(Juaneno)
Creator
Wakataka
(Sioux)
Creator
Wakonda
(Omaha)
Creator
Yehl,Yet
(Tlingit)
Creator


Death/Underworld
God Name(s) Responsibility
A,Hunhau,Ahpuch
(Maya)
Death
Acolmiztli
(Aztec)
Underworld
Ah Puch
(Mayan)
Death
Acolnahuacatl
(Aztec)
Underworld
Bolontiku,Bolon Ti Ku
(Mayan)
Underworld
Camazotz
(Aztec)
Killed dying men on their way to the center of the earth
Chalmecacihuilt
(Aztec)
Underworld
Chalmecatl
(Aztec)
Underworld
Chamer,Chalmer
(Mayan)
Death
Cizin
(Maya (Yucatan))
Death
Cum Hau
(Mayan)
Death
Cum Hau
(Mayan)
Death
Hanhau
(Maya)
Underworld
Huncame
(Quiche Maya)
co-ruler of Xibalba
Mictlancihuatl
(Aztec)
Underworld
Mictlantecuhtli
(Aztec)
Underworld
Niparaya
(California)
Dead
Tia
(Haida)
Death
Yaotl
(Aztec)
Lord of Darkness


Earth/Fertility
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ataentsic,Ataensic
(Iroquois/Huron)
Mother
Atira
(Pawnee)
Earth
Ciuacoatl,Ilamatecuhtli
(Aztec)
Earth
Chibirias
(Mayan)
Earth
Colel Cab
(Mayan)
Earth
Eithinoha
(Iroquois)
Earth
Nokomis
(Algonquin)
Earth
Ragno
(Pomo)
Mother
Tekkeitsertok
(Inuit)
Earth
Teteoinnan
(Aztec)
Mother
Tlazolteotl,Ixcuiname
(Aztec)
Earth


Evil/Illness/Destruction
God Name(s) Responsibility
Anaye
(Navaho)
Enemies of men
Big Heads
(Iroquois)
Demons
Backlum Chaam
(Mayan)
Male Sexuality
Chalchiutotolin
(Aztec)
Pestilence
Iya
(Sioux)
Evil
Kisin
(Mayan)
Earthquake
Maslum,Malsum
(Algonquin)
Evil Twin brother of Gluskap
Nichant
(Gros-Ventre)
Tried to destroy world with fire and flood
Pamola
(Algonquin)
Evil Spirit of the Night
Okeus,Oke
(Virginia)
Evil
Sahte
(Tuleyone)
Evil Spirits
Tlacolotl
(Mayan)
Evil
Zipakna and Kabrakan
(Mayan)
Earthquake


Good
God Name(s) Responsibility
Na Ye'Nez Nane
(Apache)
Provide Good Things To Humans
Omacatl
(Aztec)
Feasts and Joy
Teharonhiawagon
(Mohawk and Onondoga)
Good
Yoskeha
(Iroquois)
Everything Good


Healing
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ah Uincir Dz'acab
(Mayan)
Healing
Cit-Bolon-Tumb
(Mayan)
Medicine
Ixtlitonn
(Aztec)
Medicine and Good Health
Patecatl
(Aztec)
Medicine


Hearth
God Name(s) Responsibility
Hastshehogan
(Navaho)
Navaho
Huehueteotl,Xiuhtecuhtli
(Aztec)
Fire
Tohil
(Quiche Maya)
Fire
Xiuhtecuhtli,Xiuhtecutli
(Aztec)
Domestic and Spiritual Fire


Multiple Functions
(Maya)
God Name(s) Responsibilities
Agloolik
(Inuit)
Hunters and Fishermen
Ah Bolom Tzacab,Ah Bolon Dz'acab, God K
(Mayan)
Agriculture, Controller of Rain and Thunder
Amimitl,Atlahua
(Aztec)
Lakes and Fishermen
Awonawilona
(Zuni (Pueblo))
Creator, Supreme
Breathmaker
(Seminole)
Fishing and Dug Wells
Camaxtli,Mixcoatl-Camaxtli
(Aztec)
Hunting and Fate
Chalchiuhtlicue
(Aztec)
Water and Fertility
Chiconahui Aztec
(Aztec)
Hearth and Guardian of the household
Coatlicue
(Aztec)
Earth and Fire, and Mother of the gods
Chac Uayab Xoc Fishing and Killer of Drowning Fishermen
Chantico
(Maya)
Hearth Fires, Home and Fertility
Esaugetuh Emissee
(Creek)
Chief and Wind
Estanatlehi
(Navajo)
Helped Create World and then Ruled Underworld
Gucumatz
(Quiche Maya)
Agriculture and Civilization
Haokah
(Sioux)
Thunder and Hunting
Hastsheyalti
(Navaho)
Dawn and the East
Hino
(Iroquois)
Thunder and Sky
Huitzilopochtli
(Aztec)
Sun and War
Hurukan,Huracan, Hurakan
(Quiche Maya)
Creator and Wind and Thunder
Itzamna
(Mayan)
Moon and Healing
Itzcoliuhqui
(Aztec)
Darkness, Biting cold, Volcanic eruptions, Disaster and Destruction
Itzli
(Aztec)
Stone Knives and Sacrifices
Ix
(Mayan)
West direction and the colour black
Ixchel
(Mayan)
Moon, Womanly Crafts
Ixtab
(Mayan)
Noose and the Gallows, Guardian of Suicides
Ixzaluoh Ixazalvoh
(Mayan)
Water, Weaving
Kan
(Mayan)
East direction, yellow
Kukulcan
(Mayan)
Storm and Supreme
Mixcoatl
(Aztec)
Hunting and the Stars
Mulac
(Mayan)
North direction and the color white
Opochtli
(Aztec)
Fishing and Hunting
Pukkeenegak
(Inuit)
Clothes-making and Childbirth
Quetzalcoatl
(Aztec)
Wind and Created Humankind
Raven
(Pacific)
Creator/Trickster
Skan
(Sioux)
Sky and Creator
Teoyaomiqui
(Aztec)
Dead and Warriors
Tepeyollotl
(Aztec)
Earth and Cave, Earthquakes
Tezcatlipoca
(Aztec)
Chief, Night and All material things, Warriors
Tirawa,Tirawa-Atius
(Pawnee)
Creator and Sky
Tlaloc
(Aztec)
Rain and Fertility
Ueuecoyotl
(Aztec)
Sex and Irresponsible Gaiety
Wisagatcak,Wisakedjak, Whiskey Jack
(Eastern Cree)
Creator and Trickster
Xipe
(Totec Aztec)
Agriculture, Newly Planted Seed, and of Penitential Self-torture
Xmucane and Xpiyacoc
(Quiche Maya)
Mother and Father
Xochipilli
(Aztec)
Games and Flowers
Xochiquetzal
(Aztec)
Flowers, Fertility and Childbirth
Xocotl Otomi
(Aztec)
Fire and the Stars
Xocotli
(Aztec)
Execution, Sacrifice and Misfortune


Protective
God Name(s) Responsibilities
Balam
(Mayan)
Protect people in their daily lives and the community from external threats
Pulekukwerek
(Yurok)
Humankind


Sea
God Name(s) Responsibility
Aipaloovik
(Inuit)
Sea
Arnakua'gsak
(Inuit)
Sea
Nerrivik
(Inuit)
Sea
Tieholtsodi
(Navaho)
Water monster and King of the ocean
Sedna
(Inuit)
Sea


Sky
God Name(s) Responsibility
Bacab(plural Bacabs)
(Mayan)
Four Directions:
Mulac: North,
Cauac: South,
Kan: East,
and Bacab West
C
(Mayan)
Sky god, the first day of creation (Chuen)
Colop U Uichkin
(Mayan)
Sky
Kumush
(Modo)
Sky
Nesaru
(Plains)
Sky


Storms
God Name(s) Tribe/Region
Ah Peku
(Mayan)
Thunder
Hinun
(Iroquois)
Thunder
Thunder Bird
(Amerindian)
Thunder
Waukheon
(Dakota)
Thunder


Sun/Moon/Stars
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ah Ciliz
(Mayan)
Solar eclipses
Ah Kin,Ah Kinchil
(Mayan)
Sun
Centzonuitznaua
(Aztec)
Southern Stars
Changing Woman
(Navaho)
Moon
Coyolxauhqui
(Aztec)
Moon
Metztli,Meztli
(Aztec)
Moon
D
(Mayan)
Night and the Moon
Gendenwitha
(Iroquois)
Morning Star
K'in Kinich Ahau,Kinich Kakmo
(Mayan)
Sun
Komorkis
(Blackfoot)
Moon
Owiot
(Luiseno)
Moon
Pah
(Pawnee)
Moon
Senx
(Bella Coola)
Sun
Shakuru
(Pawnees)
Sun
Tarquiup Inua
(Inuit)
Moon
Tawa
(Pueblo)
Sun
Tecciztecatl, Tecuciztecal
(Aztec)
Moon
Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli,Tlahuizcalpantecutli
(Aztec)
Morning Star
Tonatiuh
(Aztec)
Sun
Tzitzimime
(Aztec)
Stars
Wi
(Dakota )
Sun


Supreme
God Name(s)
Ahone
(Virginia)
Anguta
(Inuit)
Begochiddy
(Navaho)
Kitcki Manitou
(Algonquins)
Kitanitowit
(Algonquin)
Kucumatz,Kukumatz
(Quiche)
Sila,Silma inua
(Aleut)


Tricksters/Messengers
God Name(s) Tribe/Region
Coyote,Italapas(Chinook)
(Many North American tribes)
Trickster
Ekchuah,Ek Chuah
(Maya)
Travelling merchants


War/Peace
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ah Hulneb
(Maya)
War
Buluc Chabtan,God F
(Maya)
War
Twin War Gods
(Navaho)
War


Water/Lake/Rain/River
God Name(s) Responsibility
Atlaua
(Aztec)
Water
Ah Kumix Uinicob
(Mayan)
Water Attendants
Anaulikutsai'x
(Bella Coola)
River
Chac Mayan
(eastern Guatemala Mayan)
Rain
Chiccan,Chorti
(eastern Guatemala Mayan)
Four Rain Spirits
Cocijo Zapotec
(Mexico)
Wells and Springs
Nootaikok
(Inuit)
Iceburgs
Shiwanna
(Pueblo)
Rain
Sisiutl
(Pacific Tribes)
Water
Untunktahe
(Dakota)
Water


Wind
God Name(s) Responsibility
Dajoji
(Iroquois)
West Winds
Ehecatl
(Aztec)
Wind
Ga-Oh
(Iroquois)
Winds
Oonawieh Unggi
(Cherokee)
Wind
Tate
(Dakota)
Wind


Women/Children
God Name(s) Responsibility
Ah Cuxtal
(Mayan)
Childbirth
Akna
(Inuit)
Childbirth


Vegetation/Agriculture/Wine
God Name(s) Responsibility
Acan
(Mayan)
Winen
Ah Mun
(Mayan)
Maize
Centeocihuatl,Centeotl,Xilonen
(Aztec)
Maize
Chicomecohuatl,Chicomecoatl
(Aztec)
Maize
Ghanan
(Mayan)
Agricultural
Itzpapalotl
(Aztec)
Agricultural
Mayahuel,Mayauel
(Aztec)
Pulque, a fermented drink
Mondamin
(Chippewa)
Corn
Onatha
(Iroquois)
Wheat
Payatamu
(Navaho)
Summer Fields
Yum Caax,Yum Kaax
(Mayan)
Maize and Agriculture



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