Ute mythology

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The Ute are a tribe of Native Americans from the western United States.

Siats is a cannibalistic clown monster.

Cin-an-ev is a wolf trickster and culture hero.

A bear spirit was especially venerated, the spirit occasionally went on killing sprees.

Sunuwavi was a Ute hero who once rescued his people from the bear spirit by finding the qumu, the bear's fire medicine (spiritual power), and covering it with water, thus ending the spirit's power.