Kapuloyo
Yurok · demigod · Yurok traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kapuloyo is the son of the culture-hero Wohpekumeu. In the narratives of Wohpekumeu's line his fate is bound up with his father's fortunes and misfortunes, and he appears among the young woge who undertake journeys through the world and toward the sky. Recorded versions vary in the incidents attached to him.
Parentage
- parent: WohpekumeuKroeber, A. L. 1976. Yurok Myths, Wohpekumeu cycle. (secondary)
Domains
- woge youth
Powers
- journey through the first-age world
Relations
- parent: WohpekumeuKroeber, A. L. 1976. Yurok Myths, Wohpekumeu cycle. (secondary)
- companion: KewomerKroeber, A. L. 1976. Yurok Myths, narrative of the two young woge. (secondary)
Sources
- Kapuloyo is named in Yurok narrative as the son of the culture-hero Wohpekumeu, bound up with his father's fortunes and among the young woge who travel through the world and to the sky.: Kroeber, A. L. 1976. Yurok Myths. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. (secondary)