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Skili
Skili is a name associated in some English-language accounts with a dangerous owl-like being in Cherokee traditional belief. It is often described as a supernatural owl, or as a witch or harmful spirit appearing in owl f…
Thunder Twins
The Thunder Twins are often presented in English as a pair of supernatural brothers from Cherokee mythology. The name, however, does not identify one universally fixed Cherokee character comparable to a single, consisten…
Unelanuki
Unelanuki is a name used in some English-language accounts for the Cherokee creator or supreme power, more commonly written as Unelanvhi or Unelanvhi in scholarly and cultural discussions. The name is associated with the…
Adekagagwaa
Adekagagwaa is a figure identified in some accounts of Iroquois mythology with summer and the warm, life-supporting part of the yearly cycle. He is commonly presented as the opponent or counterpart of Okwirase, a figure …
Flying Head
Flying Head is a frightening being associated chiefly with Seneca and other Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, storytelling. In English-language retellings, it is usually described as a huge disembodied head that moves through …
Ga Gaah
Ga Gaah is a name associated in some modern reference lists with Iroquois or Haudenosaunee ideas of thunder and storm power. The identification is not securely established across the traditions of the Haudenosaunee natio…
Dajoji
Dajoji is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Iroquois or Haudenosaunee thunder deity. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike better-documented figures such as Heno, the Thunderer of Seneca…
Dawn
Dawn is not securely documented as a single, pan-Iroquois goddess or named supernatural being. In discussions of Iroquois mythology, the word usually refers to the daily return of light, to the eastern horizon, or to a s…
Eithinoha
Eithinoha is a figure associated with Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, mythology. In English-language mythological references, she is usually described as an earth mother whose death during childbirth makes possible the order…
Gaoh
Gaoh, also written Gǎ-oh, Ga-oh or Gaho in English-language sources, is a giant spirit associated with the winds in traditions commonly described as Iroquois mythology. He is most often presented as the master or keeper …
Gendenwitha
Gendenwitha is a figure associated in some Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, traditions with the dawn and the Morning Star. Her name appears in several spellings, including Gendewitha and Gendenwitha, and accounts of her ident…