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Iosheka

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Hahgwehdiyu, corresponding to the Huron spirit Iosheka, created the first people. He healed disease, defeated demons, and gave many of the Iroquois magical and ceremonial rituals.

When

First attested
1908 CE
Attested period
1908 – 1908
Historical notes
Documented in Converse 1908.

Relationships

syncretized with
Hahgwehdiyu
co occurs with
Atahensic, Hahgwehdaetgah, Tekawerahkwa, Ha-wen-ni-yu, Do-yo-da-no, sister spirits of the corn, beans, and squash

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Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Hahgwehdiyu

Source passages

“Hahgwehdiyu, corresponding to the Huron spirit Iosheka, created the first people. He healed disease, defeated demons, and gave many of the Iroquois magical and ceremonial rituals. Another of his gifts was tobacco, which has been used as a central part of the Iroquois religion.”

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