God · Tribal · West India · Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Bhagwan (Bhil)
The supreme deity of the Bhils as documented by Wilhelm Koppers, who in the flood tale makes the earth and the first brother and sister and tells the survivors to repeople the world; one telling names the same figure 'Rama', and whether that is a Vaishnava overlay or a collector's wording is unclear.
Sources: Bhagwan, the Supreme Deity of the Bhils (Anthropos 35–36); Bhil flood folklore; Bhil — Encyclopedia.com · see Bhagwan (Bhil)'s web