Wild Woman of the Woods

Female; classed as a deity-level supernatural ancestress/ogress. One of the three foremost crests alongside Thunderbird and Sisiutl. Her booming cry 'hu, hu' and pursed-lip mask are iconic.

Children

• Son of the Wild Woman

Domains

• wealth and property
• wilderness and ogres

Powers

• carry off children in a basket on her back
• bestow wealth and chiefly prerogatives on those who overcome her

Relations

• companion: Wild Man of the Woods

Sources

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