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The Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States. Some important figures in Seneca mythology were: * Eagentci, whose name translates as "ancient-bodied one" is the Earth-mother, or First Mother. * Dijien was a man-sized spider who survived most attacks because its heart was buried underground. * Othegwenhda stabbed the heart under the Earth with a tree limb. * Dagwanoenyent is a vicious northern witch who is depicted as a whirlwind. Her child's father killed her. * Hagondes is a cannibalistic trickster and clown spirit. * Kaakwha (also Kanawha) is the solar deity and god of light and truth, subordinate to Hawenniyo, a fertility god. * The Dahdahwat are animals who appear in dreams and visions. *

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  • The Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States. Some important figures in Seneca mythology were: * Eagentci, whose name translates as "ancient-bodied one" is the Earth-mother, or First Mother. * Dijien was a man-sized spider who survived most attacks because its heart was buried underground. * Othegwenhda stabbed the heart under the Earth with a tree limb. * Dagwanoenyent is a vicious northern witch who is depicted as a whirlwind. Her child's father killed her. * Hagondes is a cannibalistic trickster and clown spirit. * Kaakwha (also Kanawha) is the solar deity and god of light and truth, subordinate to Hawenniyo, a fertility god. * The Dahdahwat are animals who appear in dreams and visions. *
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  • The Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States. Some important figures in Seneca mythology were: * Eagentci, whose name translates as "ancient-bodied one" is the Earth-mother, or First Mother. * Dijien was a man-sized spider who survived most attacks because its heart was buried underground. * Othegwenhda stabbed the heart under the Earth with a tree limb. * Dagwanoenyent is a vicious northern witch who is depicted as a whirlwind. Her child's father killed her. * Hagondes is a cannibalistic trickster and clown spirit. * Kaakwha (also Kanawha) is the solar deity and god of light and truth, subordinate to Hawenniyo, a fertility god. * The Dahdahwat are animals who appear in dreams and visions. * Gagqa is the crow spirit. * Awaeh Tegendji is an old woman who lives with her three beautiful daughters.
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