Seneca mythology

The Seneca tribe is one of the six 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.
• Gijesa are spirits of the night sky.
• Hadowe are the Iroquois' equivalent of Dryads.