Sotuknang

spirit · United States · North America

In Hopi creation accounts Sotuknang, nephew and helper of Tawa the Sun Spirit, arranged the universes and brought order from the first world onward. When the third world was destroyed by flood, he guided the righteous into the Fourth World through the sipapu of the Grand Canyon, and he continues as a messenger between Tawa and the people.

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