Adekagagwaa

deity sky Haudenosaunee single tradition · 3

Adekagagwaa is a Haudenosaunee sun deity who is also associated with summer. He has control over several weather gods and leaves for the southern skies every winter, leaving his sleep spirit to keep watch. Upon his return, he reigns over the weather gods and Gohone departs the land.

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Relationships

co occurs with: Gaoh, Ya-o-gah, Da-jo-ji, O-yan-do-ne, Ne-o-gah
enemy of: Gohone
served by: Hé-no, Gǎ-oh, Gohone

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Source passages

“Adekagagwaa is a Haudenosaunee sun deity. He is also associated with summer. Adekagagwaa was said to have control over several weather gods, including Gǎ-oh, the wind god, Hé-no, the god of thunder and storm, and Gohone, the god of winter.”
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“Gaoh is subservient to the Great Spirit, and in Iroquois mythology he is subservient to Adekagagwaa.”
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“Adekagagwaa, the sun god associated with summer, will return at the end of winter and banish Gohone, thus bringing warmth back to the land.”
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