Shakuru
Pawnee · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The Sun, Shakuru; placed in the east by Tirawa. With the Moon (Pah) he begot the first boy, paralleling the Morning/Evening Star begetting of the first girl.
Domains
- sun
Powers
- Give light and heat by Tirawa's command
Relations
- spouse: PahTirawa set the Sun in the east and the Moon in the west as a pair; their union produced the first boy, mirroring the star-pair's first girl.G. A. Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (primary)