Tawescaron

demigod · United States · North America

Tawescaron is the malevolent twin brother of Huron mythology, the younger twin and eternal antagonist of Ioskeha. He created monsters, darkness, winter, and all that is harmful in the world. He constantly tried to undo his brother's good works. Tawescaron represented darkness, destruction, and death. In the great race between good and evil, Tawescaron lost when Ioskeha used buck's horns to defeat him. Though defeated, Tawescaron's spirit declared he would go to the northwest land and condemn death upon the world, establishing the cycle of life and death

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