Sky
Mojave (Mohave) · deity · Mojave (Mohave) traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Sky, called Ammaya, is the primordial male principle of Mohave cosmogony, who with Earth forms the first parental pair. In the beginning, before the ordered world, Sky and Earth came together at the western horizon, and from their union the creator brothers Matavilya and Mastamho were born. Sky and Earth are named as the ultimate origin of the divine beings but recede from the narrative once their offspring begin the work of creation.
Children
Domains
- sky
- creation
Powers
- begets the creator brothers
Relations
Sources
- Sky is the primordial male principle who, with Earth, forms the first pair and fathers the creators Matavilya and Mastamho.: John G. Bourke, 'Notes on the Cosmogony and Theogony of the Mojave Indians,' 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)