Chapter III: Part 2: Seneca Legends and Myths, Collected by J. N. B. Hewitt

108. The legend of Hayanowe (He-the-fleet-footed) 495
109. Oñgweʻ Hañgesʹʻhäʼ and Gajihsondis (Skin-of-man
and Spike-hitter) 501
110. Gajihsondis, the Amulet-hitter 519
111. The legend of Honenhineh and his younger brothers 525
112. The legend of Godasiyo 537
113. A legend of an anthropomorphic tribe of
rattlesnakes 539
114. The twins: grandsons of Gahoⁿʻdjiʼdāʹʻhoⁿk 543
115. The legend of the misogamist 555
116. The acts of the seventh son, Djĕñgoʹʻseʻ 565
117. The legend of Hodadeñon and his elder sister 573
118. The legend of Gādjĭsʹdodoʻ and Sʻhogoⁿʻʹgwāʼs 586
119. The legend of Deodyatgaowen (Deodiăʼtgaōʹweĕⁿʻ
= His-body-is-bifid or two-cleft) 607
120. An address of thanksgiving to the powers of the
Master of Life 632
121. A corn legend and a flood story 636
122. The legend of man’s acquisition of corn 642
123. The bean woman (a fragment) 648
124. The legend of Onenha (the corn) 649
125. The origin of white corn, or kaneñhageñat 652
126. The origin of the Porcupine people or clan 654
127. The origin of the Bear songs and dances 658
128. The origin of the Pigeon songs and dances 663
129. The legend of Hahadodagwatʻha 666
130. The story of Hahskwahot (= It-standing-stone) 680
131. The legend of Genonsgwa 681
132. The legend of the Stone Coats (Genonsgwa) 682
133. The story of the white pigeon, the chief of
the pigeons 694
134. The weeping of the Corn, and Bean, and
Squash people 701
135. Sʻhagowenotʻha, the spirit of the tides 705
136. Sʻhagowenotʻha (text), with interlinear
translation 715
137. The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña 743
138. The legend of Doädanegeñ and Hotkwisdadegeña
(text), with interlinear translation 756

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SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS

Collected by Jeremiah Curtin and J. N. B. Hewitt; edited by J. N. B. Hewitt