Undersea Chief
Kwakwaka'wakw · deity · mythic perennial · deity
Male sea-deity. Identified with Qaniqilak, spirit of the summer season; counterpart and seasonal opponent of the winter-season Thunderbird. Cognate with the wider Northwest Coast undersea-chief figure.
Domains
- tides and the sea
- wealth of the sea
- weather and storms
Powers
- govern the tides from a copper house beneath the sea
- Command the seals and sea-mammals
- Bestow the wealth cast up by the sea
Epithets
- Qaniqilak
Relations
- rival: Thunderbird