Gods and Goddesses
North American
Chilkat
Gonaqade't

ORIGIN: North American - Chilkat - [American north Pacific Coast]

TYPE: Sea god

INFORMATION: By tradition he brings power adn good fortune to all who see him. He appears in several guises, rising from the water as a gaily painted house inlaid with blue and green Haliotis shell, or as the head of a huge fish, or as a painted war canoe. Generally depicted in art as a large head with arms, paws and fins.