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The Seneca

Characterization of Contents

1. The Sister and Her Six Elder Brothers

2. The Child and His Uncle

3. Djogeon (Dwarf-man) and His Uncle

4. The Woman Who Married a Great Serpent

5. The Ghost Woman and the Hunter

6. Hahnowa (the Turtle) and His Forces on the Warpath

7. The Old Man’s Grandson and the Chief of the Deserted Village

8. The Man Who Married a Buffalo Woman

9. A Woman and Her Bear Lover

10. The Fox and the Rabbit

11. The Snake with Two Heads

12. A Hunter Pursued by Genonsgwa22

13. The Grandmother and Her Granddaughter

14. The Woman Who Became a Snake from Eating Fish25

15. Gaqga (the Crow) Makes a Journey and Kills Many People

16. Ohohwa (the Owl) and the Two Sisters

17. A Great Snake Battle

18. The Ongwe Ias (the Cannibal) and His Younger Brother

19. Haieñdoñnis and Yenogeauns2

20. The Man with the Panther-skin Robe and His Brother with a Turkey-skin Robe

21. Deadoeñdjadases (The Earth-Girdler) and the Old Woman’s Grandson

22. Hatʻhondas (the Listener)40

23. The Story of the Ohohwa People

24. The Chestnut Tree Guarded by the Seven Sisters

25. The Otter’s Heart and the Claw Fetishes

26. The Seven Sisters Who Produced Wampum

27. The Forsaken Infant and Gaha (the Wind)

28. The Old Man and the Boy

29. The Story of the Girls Who Went for a Husband48

30. The Creation of Man

31. Ganiagwaihegowa

32. The Man Who Became a Fish, and a Ganiagwaihe

33. A Dead Man Speaks to His Mother through the Fire

34. The Potent Boy50

35. The Faithless Wife and the Three Old Men

36. The Dagwanoenyent (Daughter of the Wind) and Her Husband

37. A Raccoon Story

38. The Self-sacrifice of Two Dogs for Their Master

39. The Three Young Women, Daughters of Awaeh Yegendji or Mother Swan

40. Hinon and the Seneca Warriors

41. Hodadeñon and Yenyentʻhwus56

42. The Uncle and His Nephew

43. Hinon Saves a Woman from Suicide

44. The Crawfish and the Raccoon

45. The Race Between the Turtle and the Bear

46. The Woman Who Became a Maneater Through the Orenda of Her Husband’s Dogs

47. Ganyadjigowa85

48. Hadentʻheni and Hanigongendatʻha105

49. Dagwanoenyent

50. The Shaman and His Nephew

51. The Horned Snake and the Young Woman

52. The Man Pursued by His Sister-in-Law

53. The Story of Bloody Hand

54. The Seven Stars of the Dipper

55. The Story of the Two Brothers

56. Sʻhodieonskon127 (the Trickster)

57. The Cannibal Uncle, His Nephew, and the Nephew’s Invisible Brother

58. Doonongaes135 and Tsodiqgwadon

59. Genonsgwa305

60. The Grandmother and her Grandson

61. Heart Squeezing and the Dance of Naked Persons

62. Hotʻho, the Winter God319

63. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and His Three Brothers320

64. The Moose Wife

65. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

66. The Porcupine’s Grandson and the Bear

67. Genonsgwa

68. Hinon, Hohawaqk327 and His Grandmother

69. Hagowanen and Otʻhegwenhda328

70. Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus341 (the Planters)

71. Okteondon and Haieñtʻhwus—II

72. Uncle and Nephew and the White Otters

73. Deoyadastatʻhe and Hadjowiski353

74. A Genesis Tradition

75. The Two Brothers and the Mice Fetishes

76. The Orphan

77. The Great Worm361 and Hinon

78. The Chipmunk and the Bear

79. The Great White Beaver and the Lake of the Enchanted Water

80. Ganon, the Seneca War Chief

81. Hatcinondon:367 A Historical Tradition

82. Godiont370 and the Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

83. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

84. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

85. Genonsgwa

86. Genonsgwa

87. Genonsgwa

88. Genonsgwa

89. Genonsgwa

90. Bald Eagle Sends Mud Turtle Around the World

91. The Poor Hunter and Djogeon373

92. The Man Killed by the Three Hunters375

93. Hinon376 and the Iroquois

94. A Shaman’s Deed

95. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

96. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa

97. The Vampire Skeleton

98. A Tale of the Sky World

99. Sʻhagodiyoweqgowa and Hotʻhoh378

100. The Morning Star and the Cannibal Wife

101. The Woman and the Cannibal379 Thunder

102. Gaqga and Sgagedi387

103. Dagwanoenyent and Gaasyendietʻha388

104. Dagwanoenyentgowa Sʻhagodigendji393 and Yenonsgwa

105. The Twelve Brothers and Their Uncle, Dagwanoenyent

106. Ongwe Ias399 and His Brother, Dagwanoenyent

107. Notes on the Medicine Nikahnegaah1402

108. The Legend of Hayanowe (“He-the-Fleet-footed”)

109. Oñgweʻ Hañgesʹʻhäʼ and Gajihsondis (Skin-of-Man and Spike-Hitter406)

110. Gajihsondis, the Amulet-hitter415

111. The Legend of Honenhineh and His Younger Brothers

112. The Legend of Godasiyo

113. A Legend of an Anthropomorphic Tribe of Rattlesnakes

114. The Twins: Grandsons of Gahoⁿʻdji’dāʹʻhoⁿk421

115. The Legend of the Misogamist

116. The Acts of the Seventh Son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ

117. The Legend of Hodadeñon and His Elder Sister

118. The Legend of Gādjisʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs

119. The Legend of Deodyatgaowen

120. An Address of Thanksgiving to the Powers of the Master of Life440

121. A Corn Legend and a Flood Story

122. The Legend of Man’s Acquisition of Corn

123. The Bean Woman448 (A FRAGMENT)

124. The Legend of Onenha (the Corn)

125. The Origin of White Corn, or Kanĕñhagĕñät

126. The Origin of the Porcupine People or Clan450

127. The Origin of the Bear Songs and Dances

128. The Origin of the Pigeon Songs and Dances

129. The Legend of Hahadodagwatʻha

130. The Story of Hahskwahot456

131. The Legend of Genonsgwa457

132. The Legend of the Stone Coats (Genonsgwa)

133. The Story of the White Pigeon, the Chief of the Pigeons

134. The Weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and Squash People

135. Sʻhagowenotʻha, the Spirit of the Tides

136. Sʻhagoweʹnōtʻhăʼ, the Spirit of the Tides

137. The Legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña

138. The Legend of Doäʻdaneʹgĕⁿʼ and Hotkwisdadegĕⁿʼʹă

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