Asgaya Gigagei

The 'Red Man', Cherokee thunder-and-lightning spirit invoked in healing formulas; addressed as Red Man or Red Woman depending on the patient's sex. Red is the color of the east, of life and power.

Domains

• thunder
• lightning

Powers

• Strike with thunder and the red flash of lightning
• Answer conjurers' formulas to draw out disease

Sources

• Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900)
• Mooney, The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1891)