Awonawilona

The Creator of the Void

Domain: Creation, Life & Sun
Alignment: Lawful Good
Element: Light
Relics of Power: Primordial Mist

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The People

People

Native American peoples

Region

North America

Period

pre-colonial – present

These spirits and deities were worshipped by the many Native peoples of North America, from the Lakota to the Navajo and Iroquois. Their beliefs bind humans to the Great Spirit, to totem animals, and to balance with the land. Passed down orally, they survive in the Indigenous nations that endured colonization.

The Sun Dance gathered the Plains nations in fasting and sacrifice around the sacred tree. The Hopi dance with the kachinas, masked spirits of the rains, and the sacred pipe seals prayers and treaties — ceremonies still alive in today's nations.

The Sacred Scrolls

Awonawilona is the supreme creator of the Zuni, a Pueblo people of present-day New Mexico. Androgynous and self-sufficient, it existed alone in the void before all things, and out of itself brought forth the universe. It is the source of life, identified with the sun and the all-embracing air. As The Creator of the Void, this deity occupies a position of supreme prestige in the nativos pantheon. Their domains over Creation, Life & Sun reflect ancestral cosmic order maintained across millennia. In classical iconography, they are depicted with an aura of unshakeable majesty and sacred attributes that inspired reverence in emperors and peasants alike. Their influence extended beyond earthly boundaries, governing fates and harmony between the visible and invisible worlds. For ancient devotees, contemplating their essence was to understand the very fundamental forces of nature and human existence.

Sacred Symbols

The sun, the mist, the green waters and the primordial void

Divine Lineage

Father and mother of Awitelin Tsita (Earth Mother) and Apoyan Tachu (Sky Father).

The Legendary Myth

In the beginning only Awonawilona existed, alone in darkness and void. From its own thought it brought forth the mist, and from its sweat it formed the waters and the sun.

Legends & Deeds

A celebrated secondary legend preserved in the oral traditions of the nativos recounts the journey when Awonawilona intervened directly in the lives of mortals.

Cult & Worship

Historically, the cult of Awonawilona occupied a central place in the religious and architectural calendar of antiquity.

Relics of Power

The mist born of his sweat, with which he filled the void and brought forth sky and sea.

Did You Know?

Zuni theology is one of the most elaborate in North America, with Awonawilona conceived as a dual force containing within itself both the masculine and the feminine.