Napi

The principal deity was the sun, and a supernatural being known as Napi, "Old Man" -- perhaps an incarnation of the same idea.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Examples of these maps include "Old Man" Napi (creator of the Blackfoot indians) and his "Old Woman" wife in Alberta, Canada; Hermes centered at Mt. Hermon (now on the Israeli-Syrian cease-fire line); and Aphrodite in north Africa.

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Then they went down near to the lodge and Napi told the young man what to do.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

"Wait," said Napi; and when they had finished eating they changed themselves again into the root digger and the dog.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

Then Napi set out to find where the game was, and with him went a young man, the son of a chief.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

Napi changed himself into a little dog, and he said, "This is I."

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

As the days went by the raven grew thin and weak and its eyes were blinded by the thick smoke, and it cried continually to Napi asking him to pity it.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

In the night, when all were sleeping, Napi and the young man arose in their right shapes and ate some of the meat.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

Some said, "Let us kill it," but Napi said, "No, I will punish it," and he tied it up over the lodge, right in the smoke hole.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

One of his names is Napi -- old man; but there is another Napi who is very different from the Sun, and instead of being great, wise, and wonderful, is foolish, mean, and contemptible.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893