Evening Star
Pawnee · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The western, female 'White Star Woman' (identified with Venus); keeper of the garden of the west whose union with Morning Star produced the first human being.
Domains
- evening star female principle
- garden of the west fertility
Powers
- Set ordeals guarding her western garden of creation
Relations
- lover: Morning StarReciprocal of pawnee_morning_star.lover — In the Skidi creation the warrior Morning Star overcomes Evening Star's guardians and unites with her; their daughter is the first human being.G. A. Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (primary); Chamberlain, When Stars Came Down to Earth (1982) (secondary)