*Kana'ti ('The Lucky Hunter'): The Great Hunter

*Oonawieh Unggi ('the oldest wind'): Spirit of the Wind

However, the Cherokee paid direct respect to and worshipped only Yowa. All figures identified as 'gods' were simply greater beings in the Cherokee belief whose names were so great there were no English words for them, and thus they were recognized as 'gods' by Englishmen. The Cherokee believed that every aspect and thing had a spirit presiding over it, but did not hold a belief in multiple gods. The Christian parallels are obvious: both Christianity and Cherokee theology include one Spirit-God that created the physical universe, an existing spiritual universe, an order and structure to nature, and the existence of other spirits, good and bad. Some scholars have considered the Cherokee beliefs about Yowa and the resulting spirituality to be the major reason they so easily accepted Christianity upon the advent of white settlers. Yowa was omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. Unlike several tribes, the Cherokee didn't consider there to be a 'Sky-Father' and 'Earth-Mother,' but rather considered Yowa the Great Spirit to be the single Supreme Being and the earth to be the place that he had created for them. The Cherokee believed that all spirits and the forces of nature came out of Yowa and were subjected to him, and that people were the center of Yowa's creation. It was believed that when a certain plant or animal went extinct or died out, it was because the Power from Yowa that had given it substance and life had been taken back for a time. Thus, Life was sacred, especially human life, and the spirits had to be asked for the animal that was about to be killed in a hunt before it could be killed. In Cherokee belief, the Physical Universe was an expression of the Spiritual, and Life was the connection between the physical and spiritual universes. The theology of Yowa was slightly panentheistic in nature.

The Cherokee revered the Great Spirit, said by some sources to be called the Yowa (a name so sacred that only a priest could say it) but in the ancient legends simply referred to as 'the Apportioner,' who presided over all things and created the Earth.

Yowa website