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Kumush (also called Kumookumts, Old Man of the Ancestors, or Primeval Old Man) is the Modoc god of goodness and light, as well as a creator god.
Kumush created the Modoc tribe, gave things names and California as a country for their home. Kumush created the Modoc and named the Native American tribes, designating Mount Shasta and Tule Lake as the Modoc Garden of Eden instead of Lebanon and Palestine.[1]
- ^ Curtin, Jeremiah. Myths of the Modocs. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited. Retrieved 2025-01-27.