Uyuyewi
Zuni · demigod · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Elder of the Ahayuta twin war gods, son of the Sun Father (begotten on waterfall foam). With his younger brother Ma'aseewi he leads the people up from the underworld and protects them. Cushing's folktales call the elder twin Áhaiyúta; Ahayu:da is the collective term for the pair.
Parentage
- parent: Sun Father
Domains
- war
- protection
Powers
- Lead the people up from the four cave-worlds
- Slay monsters and enemies of the people
- Wield the lightning-arrow and rainbow bow
Relations
- twin sibling: Ma'aseewiElder of the Ahayuta war twins begotten by the Sun Father on waterfall foam; with his younger twin he led the people up from the underworld.Frank H. Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths, 13th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (1896) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths (1896) (primary); Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (1904) (primary)
- descent: Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths (1896) (primary)