Masauwu
Hopi · deity · primordial · deity
Hopi god of death, fire, and the earth; keeper of the underworld and aboriginal owner of the present world who greeted the people on emergence.
Domains
- death underworld
- earth
- fire
Powers
- Keep and bestow fire upon the people
- Receive the dead and rule the underworld
- Hold the earth as its caretaker and proprietor
Epithets
Sources
- Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (1905)
- Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963)
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