Lelawala
deity earth Iroquois single tradition · 1
Lelawala was a beautiful maiden of the peaceful tribe of the Iroquois that was venturing in waterfalls one day, but happened to fall out of her canoe. She is known as the original Maid of the Mist.
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Thunder Waters
- allied with
- Hé-no
- manifests as
- Maid of the Mist
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Henry Hadley composed a cantata entitled Lelawala: A Legend of Niagara in 1898, in which the maiden Lelawala sacrifices herself to appease the "Thunder Waters" and save her tribe from a famine. Charles Wakefield Cadman's three-act operetta Lelawala: The Maid of Niagara (1926) is based on the story of Lelawala”
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