Asgaya Gigagei (red man) In North American Indian mythology (Cherokee), bisexual deity, either the Red Man or the Red Woman. Believed originally to have been a thunder deity, Asgaya Gigagei is invoked by the medicine man to cure sickness. The sex of the deity varies with the sex of the supplicant.

Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow– Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante