Earth

Earth, called Amat, is the primordial female principle of Mohave cosmogony, consort of Sky and, with him, mother of the creators Matavilya and Mastamho. Their meeting at the beginning of things produces the first generation of divine beings; thereafter Earth, like Sky, plays little active part, the ordering of the world falling to her sons.

Children

• Mastamho
• Matavilya

Domains

• earth
• creation

Powers

• bears the creator brothers

Relations

• spouse: SkyJohn G. Bourke, Journal of American Folklore 2, no. 6 (1889): 169-189. (primary)

Sources

• Earth is the primordial female principle who, with Sky, forms the first pair and bears the creators Matavilya and Mastamho.: John G. Bourke, Journal of American Folklore 2, no. 6 (1889): 169-189. (primary); A. L. Kroeber, Handbook of the Indians of California, BAE Bulletin 78 (1925), pp. 770-771. (secondary)