Wolf Deity of Kwakiutl

deity · Canada · North America

Not independently attested as a wolf deity among the Kwakwaka'wakw. Their central creative and trickster figure is Raven, who made the islands, released daylight, and shaped the first humans from wood and clay; the wolf is a respected hereditary crest figure, not an object of worship. The water-spirit framing is a template artifact.

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