She instilled in the people agricultural skills and survival
skills, as well as holy rites and ceremonies to improve their lives.
She appears as the buffalo as the nourishing goddess,
offering her flesh and hide to the tribe so that they may live and prosper.
She is the spirit of the trees,
generally portrayed by cedarwood branches, and is the defender of humans and
gods.
When a whirlpool threatened her people, Gyhldeptis summoned
all of the elements and combined them into a single force to function inside
her.
The maelstrom was later turned into a river, which nourished
both the land and humans.
The Navajo and Apache peoples recognize Estsanatlehi, which means "Self-Renewing One."
She has the ability to rejuvenate herself
anytime she starts to age.
She is a creature of the ground, a creature of darkness and
morning who creates humans out of dust and the flesh of her breasts and
nipples.
Estsanatlehi is a cyclical deity who represents the earth's
and humanity's shifting seasons.
Her emblems include hoops, rainbows, and mountains, and she
is portrayed as a beautiful Native American lady ranging in age from twelve to
eighty.
Atira is a Native American soil deity. Atira was revered as Earth Mother by the Pawnees of North America.
