Killer of Enemies

Monster-slaying twin classed 'demigod'. Apache Naayéé'neizghání (cf. Navajo Naayéé'neizghání 'Monster Slayer'). Relative prominence of the twins is reversed between Western Apache (Killer of Enemies dominant) and Chiricahua/Mescalero (Child of the Water dominant) per Opler and Goddard.

Parentage

• White Painted Woman

Domains

• war
• monster slaying

Powers

• war on the monsters alongside his brother
• give power over enemies and game

Epithets

• Naayéé'neizghání

Relations

• twin sibling: Child of the Water

Sources

• Morris E. Opler, 'Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians' (1942).
• Harry Hoijer, 'Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Texts' (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1938).
• Pliny Earle Goddard, 'Myths and Tales from the White Mountain Apache' (1919).