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Main page: Deluge (mythology) Like all Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, most of the Kwakwaka'wakw tribes have stories about their people surviving the flood. With some of these nations, their history talks of their ancestors transforming into their natural form and disappearing while the waters rose then subsided. For others ...
Dzunuḵ̓wa (pronounced "zoo-noo-kwah"), also Tsonoqua, Tsonokwa, Basket Ogress, is a figure in Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology and Nuu-chah-nulth mythology. Dzunukwa holding tináa (copper shields) outside the Burke Museum of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Kwakwaka'wakw language, now spoken by only 3.1% of the population, consists of four dialects of what is commonly referred to as Kwakʼwala, known as Kwak̓wala, 'Nak̓wala, G̱uc̓ala and T̓łat̓łasik̓wala. [6]
Bakwas (sometimes "bokwus", "bookwus "or "bukwis") is one of the supernatural spirits of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of coastal British Columbia. He is often called "wild man of the woods." He eats ghost food out of cockle shells and tries to offer this to living humans who are stranded in the woods, in order to bring them over to the ghost world.
Kwakwaka'wakw deities (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Kwakwaka'wakw mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
A Kwakwaka'wakw Sisiutl dance mask made of cedar by Oscar Matilpi. The sisiutl is a legendary creature found in many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, notably the Kwakwakaʼwakw. [1] Typically, it is depicted as a double-headed sea serpent. Sometimes, the symbol features an additional central face of a ...
Kwakwaka'wakw gods; See also Category:Kwakwaka'wakw mythology. Pages in category "Kwakwaka'wakw gods" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Kwakwaka'wakw warrior spirit, Winalagalis. Winalagalis is a war god of the Kwakwaka'wakw native people of British Columbia.He travels the world, making war. Winalagilis comes from North (underworld) to winter with the Kwakwaka'wakw (formerly known, incorrectly, as the Kwakiutl).