Pomo religion

The indigenous religion of the Pomo people, Native Americans from Northwestern California, centered on belief in the powerful entities of the 'Kunula', a Coyote, and 'Guksu', a spirit healer from the south.

The last two of Coyote's sons chased a ball into a sweathouse and were killed by the resident the Sun (a spirit being).

Because he had trouble seeing in the darkness Coyote split open the bag and his son's two bodies created light and became the physical sun and the moon in the heavens.

[1] Another "Creation" myth is that Coyote and Lizard ('Hatanutal') were in a sweathouse near Upper Lake, California.

Coyote split up some willow and dogwood sticks, painted them, and set them upright in the dirt.