An indigenous pantheon. This is sorted by tribe.
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Lakota
The Tobtob Kin
The "light" gods, but remember,
Light Is Not Good. These gods tend to be more rational than the others.
InyanThe first life form. Created all the other gods.
MakáThe spirit of the Earth.
WiThe sun spirit. Associated with masculinity. This connection is one reason the word for "summer",
bloketu, derives from the word for "male".
Taku SkanskanThat which brings movement. Also the spirit of the sky.
WakinyanInyan's companion. Hates pollution of any kind. Spirit of thunder. Is a bird.
Wohpe/Pte San WinMaká's daughter. The spirit of all things feminine.
Wi WinWi's ex-wife. The spirit of the moon.
TateTaku Skanskan's brother. Spirit of the wind.
TatankaThe spirit of ceremonies. Became a god along with his friend, Hu Nunp.
Hu NunpThe spirit of wisdom and Tatanka's friend.
Tate TobThe four winds. The sons of Tate and Ite.
- Adam and Eve Plot: In some stories, they're the male ancestors of mankind.
- Blow You Away
- Cain and Abel: Over a woman, of course.
- Color-Coded Characters: Eya as black, Yata as white, Yanpa as yellow, and Okaga as red.
- Evil Is Deathly Cold: Yata
- Fire, Ice, Lightning: In order, Okaga (south), Yata (north), and Eya (west)
- Five-Man Band: Okaga's The Hero (being represented by red), Yata's The Lancer (being the coldest to Okaga's passion), Eya's The Smart Guy (because of his lightning association), Yanpa's laziness makes him The Big Guy, and their last brother Yumni pulls double duty as The Chick (god of love) and Sixth Ranger.
- The Four Gods: Literally and in the sense of "four directions".
- Freudian Excuse: Their mother ruined the old order, so they create a new order.
- Human Mom, Non-human Dad
- Kuudere: And not the one you would think: Okaga has this in spades.
- Law of Chromatic Superiority: Wohpe chooses Okaga, the South Wind. He's represented by red.
- Love Obstructing Parents: In the sense that none of them want Wohpe to marry any of the other three.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Okaga in recent portrayals.
YumniThe four winds' brother. Or half-brother, depending on the version you hear.
Nagi, Nagila, Ni, and SicunThe Wakan Sica
The
evil gods. Associated in syncretism with
Satan.
Dark Is Not Evil, though, and sometimes they can be quite useful. And they form a
Five-Bad Band too!
UnkThe
original Wakan Sica, she is the
Big Bad of many a myth.
IyaUnk's son and
lover. They make many monsters together. His name means "mouth", and he consumes everything.
GnaskipeyaIya's son and half-brother. Tends toward trickery. While Iya consumes everything, Gnaskipeya is ruled by his sexual urges.
InktomiFormerly Ksa, the god of wisdom, he lost a
mon battle to Gnaskipeya and decided toward chaos.
IteTate's
ex-wife and the mother of his children.
UncegilaOne of the monsters Unk and her sons produce. Yes,
Villainous Incest is at it again.
UnktehiThe Unktehi are a group of monsters produced by Unk and her sons.
Mni WatuCreatures made by Unk and her sons which cause disease. They're too small for you to see, though.
Tongva
QuaoarThe original god, who brought the world into existence by dancing.
WeywotQuaoar's son, the god of the sky. Later conquers and enslaves the Taks
* It is now believed that the Tongva and its neighbours were once a single people spread from Santa Cruz Island to the Colorado River
, before being killed by his own sons. Also, he can fly.
ChehooitQuaoar's daughter, the goddess of the earth.
TamitWeywot's son (and killer), the god of the sun.
MoarChehooit's son, the god of the moon.
ChinigichnixA prophet born in present-day Long Beach who created human beings. Not technically a god, but deserving of mention. He also has animal avengers who spy on humans.