Awonawilon The Zuni God Born As The Sun
Awonawilona
Awonawilona is the Zuni god that created everything, He is seen as the sun, and all artwork 0f him show him as such, There is a small debate though in weather that Awonawilona is male, female or both. The reason why is the Zuni creation story never says, and no one has ever seen him in a human form, but the creation stories do say he impregnated himself to be born as the sun, so it leaves some room there for debate. He is the god that was before anything, the god that made everything including him self.
There is no family background for Awonawilona as he is both his own father and mother. The creation story says that he was before anything, He was the blackness and the nothing. Not wanting to be nothing anymore he impregnated himself, so he could be born as the sun, After he …show more content…
Like a lot of native communities woman are seen as the life-givers and are over the household and they are the ones the normally do this while men would sing or dance or pray in their own way, they will always use a prayer sticks for a prayer to Awonawilona also. The Zuni year begins with a celebration of Awonawilona for winter solstice, The ceremony called Yatakya-ittiwanna-quin-techikya ("sun middle-at place arrives"), The movements of the sun are observed daily by Zuni. The six winter months, December to May, they go at sunrise to a stump just east of the village, and with offerings of corn, they pray to the rising sun. In the six summer months, they go to the ruin of Matsaki two miles east of Zuni and pray to the setting sun while standing within a semicircular stone shrine. On the day the solstice each household goes into the fields to plant prayer sticks. Each member of the family, regardless of age, sex, places one prayer stick in a small hole dug out by the head of the household. The prayer sticks are intended for various deities and for deceased ancestors including
Awonawilona is the Zuni god that created everything, He is seen as the sun, and all artwork 0f him show him as such, There is a small debate though in weather that Awonawilona is male, female or both. The reason why is the Zuni creation story never says, and no one has ever seen him in a human form, but the creation stories do say he impregnated himself to be born as the sun, so it leaves some room there for debate. He is the god that was before anything, the god that made everything including him self.
There is no family background for Awonawilona as he is both his own father and mother. The creation story says that he was before anything, He was the blackness and the nothing. Not wanting to be nothing anymore he impregnated himself, so he could be born as the sun, After he …show more content…
Like a lot of native communities woman are seen as the life-givers and are over the household and they are the ones the normally do this while men would sing or dance or pray in their own way, they will always use a prayer sticks for a prayer to Awonawilona also. The Zuni year begins with a celebration of Awonawilona for winter solstice, The ceremony called Yatakya-ittiwanna-quin-techikya ("sun middle-at place arrives"), The movements of the sun are observed daily by Zuni. The six winter months, December to May, they go at sunrise to a stump just east of the village, and with offerings of corn, they pray to the rising sun. In the six summer months, they go to the ruin of Matsaki two miles east of Zuni and pray to the setting sun while standing within a semicircular stone shrine. On the day the solstice each household goes into the fields to plant prayer sticks. Each member of the family, regardless of age, sex, places one prayer stick in a small hole dug out by the head of the household. The prayer sticks are intended for various deities and for deceased ancestors including