Nyohaiva
Mojave (Mohave) · demigod · Mojave (Mohave) traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Nyohaiva is the heroine of one of the great Mohave dream-sung narratives recorded by Kroeber. Born at Avikwame in the time of creation, she travels through the land, naming places and encountering other beings, and institutes the victory or scalp ceremony and its songs before undergoing her own transformation. Her story belongs to the song-cycles held to be received in dreams and sung over successive nights.
Domains
- victory ceremony
- song cycle
Powers
- institutes the victory ceremony
Sources
- Nyohaiva is the heroine of one of the Seven Mohave Myths, born at Avikwame, who travels the land and institutes the victory or scalp ceremony before her transformation.: A. L. Kroeber, Seven Mohave Myths, Anthropological Records 11, no. 1 (University of California Press, 1948), 'Nyohaiva.' (primary)