Wild Man of the Woods

Male forest/death spirit; deity-class. Sometimes paired conceptually with Dzunukwa as the male wild-being of the woods. The masked Bukwus dance is part of the ceremonial repertoire.

Domains

• ghosts and the dead
• forests

Powers

• lure the living into the world of the dead with ghost-food
• Dig ghost-cockles on lonely beaches

Relations

• companion: Wild Woman of the Woods

Sources

• Boas, Franz. The Religion of the Kwakiutl Indians, 1930.
• Boas, Franz. Kwakiutl Tales, 1910.