Hahgwehdi-yu

demigod · United States · North America

Hahgwehdiyu, also called the Good Spirit or Good Mind, is the benevolent twin creator of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tradition, born normally to Sky Woman while his wicked brother Hahgwehdaetgah burst forth and killed her. He shaped the sky, made the sun from his mother's face, created the first people, and gave them corn, beans, squash, and tobacco.

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