North Star
Pawnee · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
'The Star That Does Not Walk Around' (Polaris); appointed by Tirawa as chief of all the stars, standing motionless in the north to keep the others on their courses.
Domains
- north star chieftaincy
- stability leadership
Powers
- Stand fixed and keep the stars from straying
Epithets
- the Star That Does Not Walk Around Polaris, the fixed chief-starMurie & Dorsey, Ceremonies of the Pawnee (1981) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (primary); Chamberlain, When Stars Came Down to Earth (1982) (secondary)