Supreme Being
Yámana · deity · mythic primordial · deity
Male supreme being, deity-class. Not represented by any idol; known only through oral tradition and prayer. The principal documentation is Martin Gusinde's monograph on the Yamana (1937), based on fieldwork 1918-1924.
Domains
- supreme creator being
- life and death
Powers
- give life and take it away
Epithets
- Watauinewa