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-'''Quaoar''' ({{pronounced|qʷɑoɑr}} in [[Tongva language|Tongva]]) is the name of a creation deity of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Tongva]] people, native to the area around [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], California. According to Tongva mythology, Quaoar sings and dances the world and other deities into existence.
-Like in most other creation myths, at first there was [[Chaos]]. Then along came Quaoar. He was sorrowed by the emptiness in existence and began to dance, whirl, and twirl all about while he sang the Song of Creation. God of the Sky, [[Weywot]], was first to be formed of the creation melody. Next came [[Chehooit]], who became Goddess of the Earth. These two new deities joined in the dance and created the sun and moon ([[Tamit]] and [[Moar (god)|Moar]], respectively).
-Together these five sang and danced everything else into existence: animals, plants, people, and the other gods as well. His work finished, Quaoar faded into obscurity, perhaps returning to wherever it was he came from originally.
-In 2002, a large [[Trans-Neptunian object]] was named [[50000 Quaoar|Quaoar]] after the Tongva deity.
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-[[Category:Native American gods]]
-[[Category:Native American mythology]]
-[[Category:Creator gods]]
-[[Category:Eponyms of Trans-Neptunian objects]]
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