Editing Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology (section)

== Ancestors, crest, and clans ==
[[Tseiqami]] is a man who comes from the cedar tree and [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]], lord of the winter dance season, a massive supernatural bird whose wing beats cause the thunder, and the flash of whose eyes causes lightning. Tseiqami hunts whales for its dinner out at sea, and sometimes helped heroic ancestors build houses by placing giant cedar beams for them. Thunderbird has a younger brother named Kolus.

Thunderbird's adversary is Qaniqilak, spirit of the summer season, who is often identified as the sea god, Kumugwe. [[Kumugwe]] or Komokwa is the name of "Undersea Chief." Many Kwakwaka'wakw families have been blessed by riches and supernatural treasures bestowed by this god of the tides and maker of coppers. [[Image:sisiutl mask.jpg|300px|thumb|Kwakwaka'wakw Cedar [[sisiutl]] mask.]]

[[Sisiutl]] is a giant three-headed sea serpent whose glance can turn an adversary into stone. Cross beams of clan houses sometimes are carved with his appearance. Blessed ancestors have sometimes received sisiutl's help when he transforms himself into an invincible war canoe, and sometimes into a magic belt with which to gird oneself against all dangers.

[[Dzunukwa]] (Tsonokwa) is a type of [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]] giant (called [[sasquatch]] by other Northwest Coast tribes) and comes in both male and female forms. In most legends, the female form is the most commonly told; she eats children and cries "hu-hu!" to attract them, she imitates the child's grandmother's voice. Children frequently outwit her, sometimes killing her and taking her treasures without being eaten.

[[Bakwas]] is king of the ghosts. He is a small green spirit whose face looks emaciated like a skeleton, but has a long curving nose. He haunts the forests and tries to bring the living over to the world of the dead. In some myths Bakwas is the husband of Dzunukwa.

[[U'melth]] is the [[Raven Tales|Raven]], who brought the Kwakwaka'wakw people the [[moon]], [[fire]], [[salmon]], the [[sun]] and the [[tide]]s.

''Pugwis'' is a sort of aquatic creature with a fish-like face and large [[incisors]].