Tirawa
Pawnee · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
'Our Father Above'; the Pawnee supreme being and creator who governs the cosmos through the star-gods and sends his messenger Paruxti in the thunder.
Domains
- creator supreme sky
- cosmic order
Powers
- Create all things and assign each star its station
- Provide the needs of all created beings
Epithets
- Tirawáhat The Expanse; the supreme power above who set the star-gods their stations and decrees through themGeorge A. Dorsey; James Murie, Pawnee Indian Societies (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (1906) (primary); Chamberlain, When Stars Came Down to Earth (1982) (secondary)