Mastamho

Mastamho, sometimes also referred to as Mustamho, is the creator deity of the first Mohave people along the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert.^[1] Mastamho is the grandson of the Earth Mother (in South America referred to as Pachamama) and the Sky father.^[1]

He was the son of Matavilya and had a sister, Frog Woman, and a brother, Kaatar.^[1] Mastamho is pictured on the Blythe Intaglios with stretched arms,^[2] which indicates that he protects his people from destruction.^{[citation needed]}

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^ ^a ^b ^c "PBS: Gain insight into some of the Laughlin area's many petroglyphs". Laughlin. PBS. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ Steinmetz, George (January 1998). "Mojave Desert Mastamho, California, 1998". Making Sense of the Millennium. National Geographic magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[PBSLaughlin-1] "PBS: Gain insight into some of the Laughlin area's many petroglyphs". Laughlin. PBS. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[2] Steinmetz, George (January 1998). "Mojave Desert Mastamho, California, 1998". Making Sense of the Millennium. National Geographic magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

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