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Awonawilona

Zuni Deities

In the myths of the Pueblo Zuni people of New Mexico, Awonawilona is known as the Supreme life-giving power and the creator of all, a name that translates to All Container.

Facts
Attestation
Veneration Today
Actively venerated in a living tradition 1
Historicity
Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1
Function
Domain / Function
Creation and cosmogony 1
Identity
Gender
Androgynous / dual-gendered 1
Belief
Theology
Polytheistic: many gods 1
Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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