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'''List of Native American deities''', sortable by name of tribe or name of deity.

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== North American gods ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
! [[Tribe]] or group
! [[Deity]] or spirit or man
! ! class="unsortable"|Notes
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| rowspan="5" | [[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]
| [[Azeban]]
| [[Trickster]]
|-
| [[Gluskab]]
| Kind protector of humanity
|-
| [[Malsumis]]
| Cruel, evil god
|-
| [[Pamola]]
| [[Bird]] spirit; causes cold weather
|-
| [[Tabaldak]]
| The creator
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Blackfoot religion|Blackfoot]] 
| [[Apistotookii]]
| Creator<ref name="blackfoot">{{Cite web|url=http://www.native-languages.org/blackfoot-legends.htm|title=Blackfoot Legends (Folklore, Myths, and Traditional Siksika Indian Stories)|website=www.native-languages.org}}</ref>
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| [[Napi (god)|Napi]]
| Trickster<ref name="blackfoot" />
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Blackfoot religion|Cahuilla]] 
| [[Tahquitz (spirit)|Tahquitz]]
| Creator, death, or evil.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Haida mythology|Haida]]
| [[Ta'xet]]
| God of violent death<ref name="haida">{{cite book|title=Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology: Vol. 4|date=2005|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|location=Tarrytown, New York|isbn=9780761475637|page=447|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n2FpRCam224C&q=Ta%27xet&pg=PA447}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tia (goddess)|Tia]]
| Goddess of peaceful death<ref name="haida" />
|-
| [[Ho-Chunk mythology|Ho-Chunk]]
| [[Red Horn]]
| 'He Who Wears (Human) Faces on His Ears'
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Hopi mythology|Hopi]]
| [[Aholi]]
| A [[kachina]]
|-
| [[Angwusnasomtaka]]
| Crow Mother, a [[kachina]]
|-
| [[Kokopelli]]
| Fertility, flute player, a [[kachina]]
|-
| [[Kokyangwuti]]
| Creation, Spider grandmother<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godchecker.com/hopi-mythology/KOKYANGWUTI/|title=KOKYANGWUTI - the Hopi Goddess of Creation (Hopi mythology)|website=Godchecker - Your Guide to the Gods}}</ref>
|-
| [[Muyingwa]]
| Germination of seeds, a [[kachina]]
|-
| [[Taiowa]]
| Sun spirit, creator
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Innu]]
| [[Kanipinikassikueu]]
| Provider of caribou<ref name="innu">{{cite web |last1=Armitage |first1=Peter |title=RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY AMONG THE INNU OF EASTERN QUEBEC AND LABRADOR |url=http://www.religiologiques.uqam.ca/no6/armit.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| [[Matshishkapeu]]
| Spirit of the anus<ref name="innu" />
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]
| [[Igaluk]] 
| Lunar deity
|-
| [[Nanook]]
| Master of bears
|-
| [[Nerrivik]]
| Sea mother and food provider
|-
| [[Pinga (goddess)|Pinga]]
| Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
|-
| [[Sedna (deity)|Sedna]]
| Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld
|-
| [[Torngasoak]] 
| Sky god
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Iroquois mythology|Iroquois]]
| [[Adekagagwaa]]
| Summer
|-
| [[Gaoh (Deity)|Gaoh]]
| Wind god
|-
| [[Gendenwitha]]
| Maiden, transformed into [[Venus|Morning Star]] by Dawn.
|-
| [[Gohone]]
| Winter
|-
| [[Hahgwehdiyu|Hahgwehdaetgan]]
| God of evil. Twin of Hahgwehdiyu.
|-
| [[Hahgwehdiyu]]
| Creator; god of goodness and light. Twin of Hahgwehdaetgan.
|-
| [[Onatha]]
| Fertility
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Klamath people|Klamath]]
| [[Llao]]
| God of the underworld
|-
|[[Skell (mythology)|Skell]]
|Spirit of the sky/above-world
|-
| [[Kwakiutl mythology|Kwakiutl]]
| [[Kewkwaxa'we]]
| Raven spirit
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]
| [[Whope]]
| Peace
|-
| [[Wi (mythology)|Wi]]
| Solar spirit, father of [[Whope]]
|-
| Etu
| Personification of time
|-
| [[Mi'kmaq people|Mi'kmaq]]
| [[Niskam]]
| The sun; architect
|-
| [[Miwok mythology|Miwok]]
| [[Coyote (mythology)|Coyote]]
| [[Trickster]]
|-
|[[Modoc people|Modoc]]
|[[Kumush|Kumookumts]]
|Creator; god of goodness and light<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathias |date=2024-06-21 |title=Modoc Creation and Great flood story |url=https://drumsofatlantis.com/modoc-creation-and-great-flood-story |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Drums of Atlantis |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| rowspan="12" | [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]]
| [[Cautantowwit]]
| Creator
|-
| [[Wompanànd]]
| The Eastern God<ref name="Narrangsett">{{cite book | first = Roger | last = Williams | title = A key into the language of America | year = 1827 | publisher = John Miller | location = Providence | page = 149 | url = https://archive.org/details/keyintolanguageo00will | accessdate = 2008-12-11}} Reprint of a book first published in 1643.</ref> 
|
|-
| [[Chekesuwànd]]
| The Western God<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|-
| [[Wunnanaméanit]]
| The Northern God<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|-
| [[Sowwanànd]]
| The Southern God<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|- 
| [[Wetuomanit]]
| The House God<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|-
| [[Squauanit]]
| God of Women<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|-
| [[Muckquachuckquand]]
| God of Children<ref name="Narrangsett"></ref>
|-
| [[Keesuckquànd]]
| The Sun God<ref name="Narrangsett2">{{cite book | first = Roger | last = Williams | title = A key into the language of America | year = 1827 | publisher = John Miller | location = Providence | page = 150 | url = https://archive.org/details/keyintolanguageo00will | accessdate = 2008-12-11}} Reprint of a book first published in 1643.</ref> 
|-
| [[Nanepaûshat]]
| The Moon God<ref name="Narrangsett2"></ref>
|-
| [[Paumpagussit]]
| The Sea<ref name="Narrangsett2"></ref>
|-
| [[Yotáanit]]
| The Fire God<ref name="Narrangsett2"></ref> 
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Navajo]]
| {{spell-nv|[[Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé]]}}
| Creation deity, changing woman
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Bikʼeh Hózhǫ́]]}}
| Personification of speech
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí]]}}
| Deity of the hunt
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Haashchʼééłtiʼí]]}}
| The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Hashchʼéoghan]]}}
| The House-god, god of evening and the west
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Niltsi]]}}
| Wind god
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Tó Neinilii]]}}
| 'Water sprinkler', rain god
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Jóhonaaʼéí]]}}
| Sun
|-
| {{spell-nv|[[Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́]]}}
| 'White-shell woman', lunar deity
|-
| [[Coyote (Navajo mythology)|Mą’ii]]
| Coyote trickster god
|-
| [[Black God (Navajo mythology)|Black God]]
| Creator of the stars, god of fire
|-
| 
| See also [[Diné Bahaneʼ]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Pawnee mythology|Pawnee]]
| [[Pawnee mythology|Pah]]
| Lunar deity
|-
| [[Shakuru]]
| Solar deity
|-
| [[Tirawa (god)|Tirawa]]
| Creator
|-
| [[Salish mythology|Salish]]
| [[Amotken]]
| Supreme deity
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Seneca mythology|Seneca]]
| [[Eagentci]]
| Sky goddess
|-
| [[Hagones]]
| Trickster
|-
| [[Hawenniyo]]
| A fertility god
|-
| [[Kaakvha]]
| Solar deity
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sioux people|Sioux]]
| [[Haokah]]
| Sacred clown
|-
| [[Anpao]]
| Spirit with two faces that represents the dawn
|-
| [[Snohomish tribe|Snohomish]]
| [[Dohkwibuhch]]
| Creator
|-
| rowspan="13" | [[Taíno]] 
| [[Taíno creation myths|Yaya (Hayah)]]
| Supreme God/Great Spirit
|-
| Yaya'al/Yayael (YasHayah)
| The son of Yaya (Hayah)
|-
| [[Atabey (goddess)]]
| Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god [[Yúcahu]]
|-
| [[Yúcahu]]
| The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology along with his mother [[Atabey]] who was his feminine counterpart
|-
| [[Guabancex]]
| The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature.
|-
| [[Juracán]]
| The [[zemi]] or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes.
|-
| [[Guatauva]]
| The god of thunder and lightning who is also responsible for rallying the other storm gods.
|-
| [[Coatrisquie]]
| The torrential downpour Goddess, the terrible [[Taíno]] storm servant of Guabancex and side-kick of thunder God Guatauva.
|-
| [[Bayamanaco]]
| Old man fire; the [[Taíno]] spirit of [[Cohoba]] and guardian of the secrets of sweet potato bread.
|-
| [[Zemi|Boinayel]]
| God of the sun and of good weather; Marohu's twin brother.
|-
| [[Márohu (deity)|Márohu]]
| God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother.
|-
| [[Maketaori Guayaba]]
| The god of [[Coaybay]] or Coabey, the land of the dead. 
|-
| [[Opiyel Guabiron]]
| A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek [[Cerberus]].
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Tongva]]
| [[Chinigchinix]]
|  Mythological figure of the [[Mission Indians]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Wyandot religion|Wyandot]]
| [[Airesekui]]
| Creation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godchecker.com/native-american-mythology/ARESKOUI/|title=ARESKOUI - the Wyandot God of Creation (Native American mythology)|website=Godchecker - Your Guide to the Gods}}</ref>
|-
| [[Heng (Huron)|Heng]]
| Storm god<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glitternight.com/2013/01/28/the-top-fifteen-deities-in-iroquois-mythology/|title=THE TOP FIFTEEN DEITIES IN IROQUOIS MYTHOLOGY|date=January 28, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Iosheka]]
| Creation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godchecker.com/native-american-mythology/IOSKEHA/|title=IOSKEHA - the Wyandot God of Creation (Native American mythology)|website=Godchecker - Your Guide to the Gods}}</ref>
|}

== South American deities ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Tribe]] or group
! [[Deity]] or spirit
! class="unsortable" ! |Notes
|-
| rowspan="14" |[[Inca people|Inca]]
|[[Apu (god)|Apu]]
|God or spirit of mountains.

All of the important mountains have their own Apu, and some of them receive sacrifices to bring out certain aspects of their being. Some rocks and caves also are credited as having their own apu.
|-
|[[Ataguchu]]
|God who assisted in [[creation myth]].
|-
|[[Catequil]]
|God of thunder and lightning.
|-
|[[Cavillace]]
|Virginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son.
|-
|[[Cavillace|Cavillace's son]]
|Son of Cavillace and Coniraya. When he was born, Cavillace demanded that the father step forward. No one did, so she put the baby on the ground and it crawled towards Coniraya. She was ashamed because of Coniraya's low stature among the gods, and ran to the coast of Peru, where she changed herself and her son into rocks.
|-
|Ch'aska/ Ch'aska Quyllur
|Goddess of dawn and twilight.
|-
|[[Coniraya]]
|Moon god. Fashioned his sperm into a fruit, which Cavillaca then ate, and gave birth to a child.
|-
|[[Pachamama]]
| Fertility Goddess. Wife of Vircocha.
|-
|[[Viracocha]]
| Creation God. Husband of Pachamama.
|-
|[[Mama Killa]]
|Moon Goddess. Daughter of Vircocha and Pachamama. Wife of Inti.
|-
|[[Inti]]
|Sun God. Son of Vircocha and Pachamama. Husband of Mama Killa.
|-
|[[Manco Cápac]]
|Son of either [[Viracocha]] or [[Inti]]. First Emperor of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.
|-
|[[Mama Ocllo]]
|Wife of [[Manco Cápac]]. First Empress of Cuzco of the Inca Empire.
|-
|[[Ayar Cachi]]
|Brother of [[Manco Cápac]].
|}

==See also==
*[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas]]

==References==
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{{Indigenous peoples of the Americas}}
{{List of mythological figures by region}}

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