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Native American Legends: Tumaiyowit
Name: Tumaiyowit
Tribal affiliation: Cahuilla,
Cupeño
Alternate spellings: Temayawet, Tamaioit, Temmayawit , Tem-ma-ya-wit, Mo-cot-tem-ma-ya-wit,
Temayewet, Tamayowit, Tumaiyovit
Pronunciation: tuh-my-uh-wit
Type: God,
Ruler of the Dead
Related figures in other tribes: Chipiapoos (Anishinabe),
Moqwaio (Menominee)
In Cahuilla mythology, Tumaiyowit is the brother of the creator god
Mukat
and the ruler of the land of the dead.
Tumaiyowit Stories
Cahuilla Creation Myth:
The story of Mo-Cot, Tem-ma-ya-wit, and the creation and education of humans.
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The Heart Is Fire: The World of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California:
Book of oral history and traditional stories told by five Cahuilla elders.
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