Chinigchinix

Chingichngish (juga dieja Chinigchinix, Chinigchinich, Changitchnish, dll), dikenal pula dengan nama Quaoar (atau Qua-o-ar, Kwawar, dll) dan nama lain seperti Ouiamot, Tobet dan Saor, adalah nama figur penting dalam mitologi beberapa penduduk asli Amerika di California Selatan, yaitu suku Payomkowishum (Luiseño), Tongva (Gabrieliño dan Fernandeño), dan Acjachemem (Juaneño).

Menurut Kroeber (1925), suku Tongva sebelum kedatangan agama Kristen memiliki "panteon enam-dewa". Dewa utama adalah Chinigchinix.

Pada tahun 2002, sebuah objek Trans Neptunus dinamai Quaoar. Penamaan ini mengacu pada dewa Chinigchinix.

Bacaan lanjut

• Boscana, Jerónimo. 1933. Chinigchinich: A Revised and Annotated Version of Alfred Robinson's Translation of Father Geronomi Boscana's Historical Account of the Belief, Usages, Customs and Extravagancies of the Indians of this Mission of San Juan Capistrano, Called the Acagchemem Tribe. Extensively annotated by John P. Harrington. Fine Arts Press, Santa Ana, California.
• Boscana, Jerónimo. 1934. A New Original Version of Boscana's Historical Account of the San Juan Capistrano Indians of Southern California. Edited by John P. Harrington. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 92(4). Washington, D.C.
• DuBois, Constance Goddard. 1908. "The Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8:69-186. Berkeley.
• Kroeber, A. L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Moriarty, James R., III. 1969. Chinigchinix: An Indigenous California Religion. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.
• Robinson, Alfred. 1846. Life in California. Wiley & Putnam, New York.
• White, Raymond C. 1963. "Luiseño Social Organization". University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 48(2). Berkeley.