Deities
- Kutya'i – Spirit of wind, mischievous, nocturnal, steals clothing.
- Menily – Lunar deity
- Mukat – Creator.
- Muut – Psychopomp, often depicted as an owl.
- Pemtemweha – Protector of animals, often seen as a white deer.
- Sungrey – Medicine, founded the spring Agua Caliente (Hot Water) in the desert.
- Taqwus – A trickster god, he comes out at night to steal souls and cause mischief.
Read more about this topic: Cahuilla Mythology
Famous quotes containing the word deities:
“The gods themselves,
Humbling their deities to love, have taken
The shapes of beasts upon them. Jupiter
Became a bull, and bellowed; the green Neptune
A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god,
Golden Apollo, a poor humble swain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The cloud was so dark that it needed all the bright lights that could be turned upon it. But for four years there was a contagion of nobility in the land, and the best blood North and South poured itself out a libation to propitiate the deities of Truth and Justice. The great sin of slavery was washed out, but at what a cost!”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)