Ute mythology

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The Ute mythology, is the mythology of the Ute Tribe; a tribe of Native Americans from the western United States.

• Siats is a cannibalistic clown monster. The clown monster might have been used as an evil clown theme.

• 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.

• All-Mother The mother of all people and things. Similar to Mother Nature.