Sotuknang
Hopi · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Called the nephew of Taiowa; agent of creation who orders the universes and successively makes and destroys the worlds.
Domains
- sky cosmic order
- world creation
Powers
- Lay out the nine universes in proper order
- Gather waters, air, and forces of each world
- Create Spider Woman to make and guide life
- Destroy corrupted worlds by fire and ice
Relations
- companion: Spider WomanReciprocal of hopi_kookyangwsowuuti.companion — In the Waters cosmogony Sotuknang creates Spider Woman as his helper on the First World, to mold the living things.Frank Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (secondary)
- companion: TawaFirst finite being, made by Taiowa and called his nephew; agent who lays out the nine universes and destroys the successive worlds.Frank Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (primary)