Kuksu was a religion in Northern California practiced by members within several Indigenous peoples of California before and during contact with the arriving European settlers. The religious belief system was held by several tribes in Central California and Northern California, from the Sacramento Valley west to the Pacific Ocean.

Feb 15, 2022 · Kuksu came from the south to the Wintun people. This Messenger of God then took His divine teachings to the Maidu, the Miwok, Pomo and Wappo, including most of the peoples of the Sacramento Valley, the surrounding mountains and the North central Coast. It is believed that the one named Kuksu taught the people how to live an exemplary life.

The indigenous religion of the Pomo people, Native Americans from Northwestern California, centered on belief in the powerful entities of the 'Kunula', a Coyote, and ' Guksu ', a spirit healer from the south. Coyote ('Kunula') and Cougar set up for their sons to play a sports game. Most of Coyote's children died.

Traditional Pomo religion involved the Kuksu cult, a set of beliefs and practices involving private ceremonies, esoteric dances and rituals, and impersonations of spirits. There were also ceremonies for such things as ghosts, coyotes, and thunder.

Dec 8, 2012 · The Pomo believed in a supernatural being, the Kuksu or Guksu (depending on their dialect), who lived in the south and who came during ceremonies to heal their illnesses. Medicine men dressed up as Kuksu.

This central Californian God-impersonating cult has been called synonymously the Kuksu cult because of the connection with it of a personage or deity called Kuksu. Among the Pomo he is the god of the south, among the Northwestern Maidu he was the first man, among the Miwok he is a sylvan spirit. However,

Kuksu Culture hero who appears in the Creation Legends of the Maidu Indians, and the Pomo Indians. To the Maidus, Kuksu was the first man, but to the Pomos he was the elder brother of Marumda and the god who not only created the world, but also tried twice to destroy it, …

Feb 18, 2012 · The two gods sang a sacred song (Kuksu was the one who knew the secret words of creation) and Madumda went home to sleep, putting the ball into his ear, where it conveniently mixed with his earwax. He slept for eight days, during which the ball grew and became the Earth.

Kuksu was a religion in Northern California practiced by members within several Indigenous peoples of California before and during contact with the arriving European settlers. The religious belief system was held by several tribes in Central California and Northern California, from the Sacramento Valley west to the Pacific Ocean.

He becomes sick, is doctored by Kuksu, a mythical and ceremonial character, and the water that flows from his belly forms Clear lake. What he has eaten turns to water animals. He builds houses, and from feathers placed in these makes people.