Tirawa Creates the Universe
Tirawa (Atíʼas Tirawa), 'Our Father Above,' was the supreme creator god of the Pawnee. He created the universe and placed the Morning Star in the East and the Evening Star in the West. The Morning Star, a male warrior god, was created first. The female Evening Star resisted the divine plan to create humankind, so Morning Star fought and overcame forces in the western sky with his fireball to mate with her. The first human thus created was a girl. Tirawa taught the Pawnee tattooing, fire-building, hunting, agriculture, speech, clothing, religious rituals, and sacrifice. His wife was Atira (Moth