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'''Quaoar''' 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]]. According to Tongva mythology, Quaoar sings and dances the world and other deities into existence. |
'''Quaoar''' 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]]. According to Tongva mythology, Quaoar sings and dances the world and other deities into existence. |
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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 sand the Song of Creation. God of the Sky, Weywot, was first to be firmed the creating melody. Next came CHEHOOIT, who became Goddess of the Earth. These two new dieties joined in the dance and created the sun and moon (Tamit and Moar respectively). |
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Together these five sand 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. |
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In [[2002]], a large [[Trans-Neptunian object]] was named [[Quaoar]] after the Tongva deity. |
In [[2002]], a large [[Trans-Neptunian object]] was named [[Quaoar]] after the Tongva deity. |
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Revision as of 19:41, 26 November 2005
Quaoar is the name of a creation deity of the Native American Tongva people, native to the area around Los Angeles. 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 sand the Song of Creation. God of the Sky, Weywot, was first to be firmed the creating melody. Next came CHEHOOIT, who became Goddess of the Earth. These two new dieties joined in the dance and created the sun and moon (Tamit and Moar respectively).
Together these five sand 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 Quaoar after the Tongva deity.