Unelanuhi

The Sun, a female being in Cherokee myth, called Une'lanu'hi 'the apportioner'; in 'The Daughter of the Sun' she hates humans for squinting at her and kills them with heat, until her own daughter dies.

Domains

• the sun
• the sky
• time

Powers

• Scorch people with deadly midday heat and fever
• Cross the sky vault daily from east to west
• Apportion the day and measure out time

Epithets

• Une'lanu'hi

Relations

• sibling: the Moon
• enemy: Uktena

Sources

• Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900)