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	<blockquote class="definition">The Wyandot are an Iroquoian-speaking peoples who emerged in North America. The Wyandot (Huron) are initially believed to have settled around the St. Lawrence Valley, then based around the Northern areas near Lake Ontario. The Wendat were a horticultural people (mainly farmers who supplemented their diets with hunting and fishing, they also gathered berries and vegetables).		<blockquote class="definition">The Wyandot are an Iroquoian-speaking peoples who emerged in North America. The Wyandot (Huron) are initially believed to have settled around the St. Lawrence Valley, then based around the Northern areas near Lake Ontario. The Wendat were a horticultural people (mainly farmers who supplemented their diets with hunting and fishing, they also gathered berries and vegetables).
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			==List of Huron Terms==

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	=====The Great One of the Water and the Land=====		=====The Great One of the Water and the Land=====
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	The Wyandots had a God of the Forest and all Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh'-stah, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from heaven. His name is only a variation of the name of Tseh'-stah, with the attribute of greatness.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40-1.</ref>		The Wyandots had a God of the Forest and all Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh'-stah, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from heaven. His name is only a variation of the name of Tseh'-stah, with the attribute of greatness....He made the corn, tobacco, beam! and pumpkins grow; he provided fish and game for the people. I find, however, no evidence anywhere that the Wyandots worshipped him at any time, or at any period of their history. His place of abode was not definitely fixed by them, although he was supposed to live somewhere in the East. They thought that he often manifested him self to them, being seen in the forests, fields, lakes and streams. <ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40-1.</ref></blockquote>

	Skehn-rihc-ah-tah' was the War God of the Wyandots. The only translation of this name that I could ever get is "Warrior not afraid," or "Warrior not afraid of Battle."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref>		===== The War God =====
			<blockquote>Skehn-rihc-ah-tah' was the War God of the Wyandots. The only translation of this name that I could ever get is "Warrior not afraid," or "Warrior not afraid of Battle."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref></blockquote>

	Tah-reh'-nyoh-trah'"-squah was the Wyandot God of Dreams. The name signifies "The Revealer," or "He makes the Vision," or "He makes the Dream." He was supposed to have something to do with the supernatural influences that acted upon this life, and he revealed the effects of these influences to the Wyandots in dreams. All visions and dreams came from him, for he had control of the souls of the Wyandots, while they slept, or were unconscious from injury or disease. The Hooh'"-keh' could detach his soul from his body, and send it to Tah-reh'-nyoh-trah'-squah for information at any time, and during its absence the Hooh'"-keh' was in a trance-like condition. No god of the ancient Wyandots had more influence upon their lives and social institutions than Tah-reh'-nyoh-tra.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.		===== The God of Dreams =====
			<blockquote>Tah-reh'-nyoh-trah'"-squah was the Wyandot God of Dreams. The name signifies "The Revealer," or "He makes the Vision," or "He makes the Dream." He was supposed to have something to do with the supernatural influences that acted upon this life, and he revealed the effects of these influences to the Wyandots in dreams. All visions and dreams came from him, for he had control of the souls of the Wyandots, while they slept, or were unconscious from injury or disease. The Hooh'"-keh' could detach his soul from his body, and send it to Tah-reh'-nyoh-trah'-squah for information at any time, and during its absence the Hooh'"-keh' was in a trance-like condition. No god of the ancient Wyandots had more influence upon their lives and social institutions than Tah-reh'-nyoh-tra.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.
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	Heh'noh was the Thunder God of the ancient Wyandots. They called him Grandfather. By some accounts he came into the world with the Woman who fell from Heaven."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref></blockquote>'''Aataentsic/Arewskwi~~??(The Good One?)~~'''. In Huron cosmology,		Heh'noh was the Thunder God of the ancient Wyandots. They called him Grandfather. By some accounts he came into the world with the Woman who fell from Heaven."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref></blockquote>'''Aataentsic/Arewskwi'''. In Huron cosmology,


	~~Aronhaite, Sky, controlled the seasons of the year, winds, waves on lakes,~~ ,

			==== Aronhaite, Sky, controlled the seasons of the year, winds, waves on lakes, , ====
	The sky gods, Hamendiju, Sun and Moon, and the Thunderers, occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of all the Iroquoian tribes, and, indeed, with the exception of Hamendiju, they appear in some form or other in the mythology of a large number of American peoples.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 301.</ref>		The sky gods, Hamendiju, Sun and Moon, and the Thunderers, occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of all the Iroquoian tribes, and, indeed, with the exception of Hamendiju, they appear in some form or other in the mythology of a large number of American peoples.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 301.</ref>

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	==Summary of Huron-Wyandot Mythology==		==Summary of Huron-Wyandot Mythology==
	Cosmology<blockquote>"In the beginning—so it is said in the cosmogony—there was nothing but an endless sea under the pristine sky-world. From among the semi-divine people dwelling in the sky an ill- fated woman fell into the lower water regions. Water-fowl rescued her; and human-like sea quadrupeds built an island for her on the Big Turtle's back out of some mud secured from the bottom of the sea. While the island was being enlarged into a continent, the Small Turtle was sent into the sky to create luminaries. She made the sun, the moon, and the stars out of lightning, and assigned them their course along various paths in the solid arched vault of the sky."<ref>Barbeau, Marius. ''Huron and Wyandot Mythology, with an Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records''. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/huronwyandotmyth00barb</nowiki>. p. 7.</ref></blockquote>
			=== Cosmology ===
			<blockquote>"In the beginning—so it is said in the cosmogony—there was nothing but an endless sea under the pristine sky-world. From among the semi-divine people dwelling in the sky an ill- fated woman fell into the lower water regions. Water-fowl rescued her; and human-like sea quadrupeds built an island for her on the Big Turtle's back out of some mud secured from the bottom of the sea. While the island was being enlarged into a continent, the Small Turtle was sent into the sky to create luminaries. She made the sun, the moon, and the stars out of lightning, and assigned them their course along various paths in the solid arched vault of the sky."<ref>Barbeau, Marius. ''Huron and Wyandot Mythology, with an Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records''. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/huronwyandotmyth00barb</nowiki>. p. 7.</ref></blockquote>

	=== Mythological Beings ===		=== Mythological Beings ===
	<blockquote>The mythical beings of the Huron and Wyandot pantheon may conveniently be classified into three groups, namely: (i) The '''primeval deities''' and the races of giants and dwarfs of their cosmogonic myths about the origin of the world; (II) the less homogeneous group o'''f sky gods''' (Hamendiju, the Sun and the Moon, the Thunderers), also belonging to the religions of many foreign tribes, and accounted for in various ways by the Iroquois and Huron; (III) and the multiplicity of '''good and bad monsters-the uki'''-said to dwell everywhere and mingle with the Indian folks for their benefit or detriment.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 288.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The mythical beings of the Huron and Wyandot pantheon may conveniently be classified into three groups, namely: (i) The '''primeval deities''' and the races of giants and dwarfs of their cosmogonic myths about the origin of the world; (II) the less homogeneous group o'''f sky gods''' (Hamendiju, the Sun and the Moon, the Thunderers), also belonging to the religions of many foreign tribes, and accounted for in various ways by the Iroquois and Huron; (III) and the multiplicity of '''good and bad monsters-the uki'''-said to dwell everywhere and mingle with the Indian folks for their benefit or detriment.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 288.</ref></blockquote>

	==== ~~Superhuman/Sky Gods~~ ====		==== Primeval Deities ====
	'''Superhumans''' in the Sky-world before creation of "the Island" (North America) on <nowiki>''</nowiki>Big Turtle's back<nowiki>''</nowiki>.		'''Superhumans''' in the Sky-world before creation of "the Island" (North America) on <nowiki>''</nowiki>Big Turtle's back<nowiki>''</nowiki>.

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	He did not conform to our idea of what the Wyandot is supposed to understand or wish to express by the term "Great Spirit." He ruled only as the " Head Chief." He had a family; and when any member of it was sick he called the medicine man, as we poorly translate the term. In fact, aside from his sup- posed magical powers, he was there in that land only what a mighty chief is hero in this world. And I have been able to discover little evidence that he ever interested himself in the affairs of this lower world or its people. I have found none at all that he exercised any power or influence whatever upon the souls of people after their death and departure from this world. <ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref>		He did not conform to our idea of what the Wyandot is supposed to understand or wish to express by the term "Great Spirit." He ruled only as the " Head Chief." He had a family; and when any member of it was sick he called the medicine man, as we poorly translate the term. In fact, aside from his sup- posed magical powers, he was there in that land only what a mighty chief is hero in this world. And I have been able to discover little evidence that he ever interested himself in the affairs of this lower world or its people. I have found none at all that he exercised any power or influence whatever upon the souls of people after their death and departure from this world. <ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref>

	This chief was, in a sense, the progenitor of the people of our world as known to the ancient Wyandots. But these people were " created " by his grandsons, the Twina1, the sons of his daughter, the Woman who fell from heaven. · By all that I have heard, he was surpassed in power by these grandsons, the Twins, and especially in matters pertaining to this world.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref></blockquote>		This chief was, in a sense, the progenitor of the people of our world as known to the ancient Wyandots. But these people were " created " by his grandsons, the Twina1, the sons of his daughter, the Woman who fell from heaven. · By all that I have heard, he was surpassed in power by these grandsons, the Twins, and especially in matters pertaining to this world.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref>

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			===== Aataentsic =====
			'''God is female''', [[Aataentsic]]. "The mythic structures of the Huron cosmology were complex and multifaceted. [[Aataentsic]] was regarded as the great progenitress of the "island" or natural world upon which all human beings lived. A primary source of life, she also manifested as the moon. She was a powerful, sacred figure reflecting the matriarchal structures of Huron social order and could reveal herself through dreams to a chosen woman; on one such occasion, she claimed to be the one who ruled over all the Huron."<ref>Irwin, Lee. “The Huron-Jesuit Relations: Contesting Dreams, Confirming Worldviews.” ''Religion 22'' (1992): 259–70. p. 260.</ref>

			Aataentsic nurtured the earth on the back of '''Big Turtle''', after is was created by the animals.

			Aataentsic gave birth to a female child, followed by male twins, one of which killed the mother because of its violent birth. The mother's body enriched the Earth and from which grew the most important garden plants.

			==== Sky Gods ====

	=====The Great One of the Water and the Land=====		=====The Great One of the Water and the Land=====
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	~~Tseh'-zh-oh-skah'-hah was the name of the Wyandot~~ God of the Forest and Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh-~~seh- howh-hoohngk~~, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from ~~Heaven~~.<ref>Connelley, William E. ~~“Notes on the~~ Folk-Lore ~~of the Wyandots. I. Religion.”~~ ''~~The Journal of American Folklore'' 12~~, ~~no. 45 (1899)~~: ~~116–25~~. <nowiki>https://~~doi~~.org/~~10.2307~~/~~533785~~</nowiki>. p. ~~118~~.</ref>		The Wyandots had a God of the Forest and all Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh'-stah, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from heaven. His name is only a variation of the name of Tseh'-stah, with the attribute of greatness.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40-1.</ref>

	Skehn-rihc-ah-tah' was the War God of the Wyandots. The only translation of this name that I could ever get is "Warrior not afraid," or "Warrior not afraid of Battle."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref>		Skehn-rihc-ah-tah' was the War God of the Wyandots. The only translation of this name that I could ever get is "Warrior not afraid," or "Warrior not afraid of Battle."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref>
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	Heh'noh was the Thunder God of the ancient Wyandots. They called him Grandfather. By some accounts he came into the world with the Woman who fell from Heaven."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref~~></blockquote>~~		Heh'noh was the Thunder God of the ancient Wyandots. They called him Grandfather. By some accounts he came into the world with the Woman who fell from Heaven."<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref></blockquote>'''Aataentsic/Arewskwi??(The Good One?)'''. In Huron cosmology,
	The sky gods, Hamendiju, Sun and Moon, and the Thunderers, occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of all the Iroquoian tribes, and, indeed, with the exception of Hamendiju, they appear in some form or other in the mythology of a large number of American peoples.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 301.</ref><blockquote></blockquote>'''Aataentsic/Arewskwi??(The Good One?)'''. In Huron cosmology, '''God is female''', [[Aataentsic]]. "The mythic structures of the Huron cosmology were complex and multifaceted. [[Aataentsic]] was regarded as the great progenitress of the "island" or natural world upon which all human beings lived. A primary source of life, she also manifested as the moon. She was a powerful, sacred figure reflecting the matriarchal structures of Huron social order and could reveal herself through dreams to a chosen woman; on one such occasion, she claimed to be the one who ruled over all the Huron."<ref>Irwin, Lee. “The Huron-Jesuit Relations: Contesting Dreams, Confirming Worldviews.” ''Religion 22'' (1992): 259–70. p. 260.</ref>

	~~Aataentsic created the earth on the back of '''Big Turtle''', who was assisted by aquatic animals who provided mud which became the land.~~

	~~Aataentsic gave birth to a female child~~, ~~followed by male twins~~, ~~one of which killed~~ the ~~mother because~~ of ~~its violent birth. The mother's body enriched~~ the ~~Earth and from which grew the most important garden plants.~~		Aronhaite, Sky, controlled the seasons of the year, winds, waves on lakes, ,

	~~Aronhaite~~, ~~Sky~~, ~~controlled~~ the ~~seasons~~ of the ~~year~~, ~~winds~~, ~~waves on lakes~~, ,		The sky gods, Hamendiju, Sun and Moon, and the Thunderers, occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of all the Iroquoian tribes, and, indeed, with the exception of Hamendiju, they appear in some form or other in the mythology of a large number of American peoples.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 301.</ref>

	====== Anthropomorphic Animals ======		====== Anthropomorphic Animals ======

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	Cosmology<blockquote>"In the beginning—so it is said in the cosmogony—there was nothing but an endless sea under the pristine sky-world. From among the semi-divine people dwelling in the sky an ill- fated woman fell into the lower water regions. Water-fowl rescued her; and human-like sea quadrupeds built an island for her on the Big Turtle's back out of some mud secured from the bottom of the sea. While the island was being enlarged into a continent, the Small Turtle was sent into the sky to create luminaries. She made the sun, the moon, and the stars out of lightning, and assigned them their course along various paths in the solid arched vault of the sky."<ref>Barbeau, Marius. ''Huron and Wyandot Mythology, with an Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records''. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/huronwyandotmyth00barb</nowiki>. p. 7.</ref></blockquote>		Cosmology<blockquote>"In the beginning—so it is said in the cosmogony—there was nothing but an endless sea under the pristine sky-world. From among the semi-divine people dwelling in the sky an ill- fated woman fell into the lower water regions. Water-fowl rescued her; and human-like sea quadrupeds built an island for her on the Big Turtle's back out of some mud secured from the bottom of the sea. While the island was being enlarged into a continent, the Small Turtle was sent into the sky to create luminaries. She made the sun, the moon, and the stars out of lightning, and assigned them their course along various paths in the solid arched vault of the sky."<ref>Barbeau, Marius. ''Huron and Wyandot Mythology, with an Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records''. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/huronwyandotmyth00barb</nowiki>. p. 7.</ref></blockquote>

	===== Mythological Beings =====		=== Mythological Beings ===
	<blockquote>The mythical beings of the Huron and Wyandot pantheon may conveniently be classified into three groups, namely: (i) The '''primeval deities''' and the races of giants and dwarfs of their cosmogonic myths about the origin of the world; (II) the less homogeneous group o'''f sky gods''' (Hamendiju, the Sun and the Moon, the Thunderers), also belonging to the religions of many foreign tribes, and accounted for in various ways by the Iroquois and Huron; (III) and the multiplicity of '''good and bad monsters-the uki'''-said to dwell everywhere and mingle with the Indian folks for their benefit or detriment.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 288.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The mythical beings of the Huron and Wyandot pantheon may conveniently be classified into three groups, namely: (i) The '''primeval deities''' and the races of giants and dwarfs of their cosmogonic myths about the origin of the world; (II) the less homogeneous group o'''f sky gods''' (Hamendiju, the Sun and the Moon, the Thunderers), also belonging to the religions of many foreign tribes, and accounted for in various ways by the Iroquois and Huron; (III) and the multiplicity of '''good and bad monsters-the uki'''-said to dwell everywhere and mingle with the Indian folks for their benefit or detriment.<ref>Barbeau, C. M. “Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot.” ''American Anthropologist'' 16, no. 2 (1914): 288–313. p. 288.</ref></blockquote>

	====== Superhuman/Sky Gods ======		==== Superhuman/Sky Gods ====
	'''Superhumans''' in the Sky-world before creation of "the Island" (North America) on <nowiki>''</nowiki>Big Turtle's back<nowiki>''</nowiki>.		'''Superhumans''' in the Sky-world before creation of "the Island" (North America) on <nowiki>''</nowiki>Big Turtle's back<nowiki>''</nowiki>.

	==== The Chief Above the Sky ====		===== The Chief Above the Sky =====
	<blockquote>The first name in Wyandot mythology is Hooh-mah'-yoohh-wah"- neh'. It is very difficult (if, indeed, it is not quite impossible) to make, at this time, an accurate translation of this name. The best renderings are "Our Big Chief up there," or "Our Big Chief Above," or "He is our Big Chief that lives above the sky." But all these renderings may be more nearly the ideas of what he is than correct translations of his name. H'oh-mah'-yohh-wah"neh' ruled the world above the sky, and was the father of the Woman who fell from Heaven.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 117.</ref>		<blockquote>The first name in Wyandot mythology is Hooh-mah'-yoohh-wah"- neh'. It is very difficult (if, indeed, it is not quite impossible) to make, at this time, an accurate translation of this name. The best renderings are "Our Big Chief up there," or "Our Big Chief Above," or "He is our Big Chief that lives above the sky." But all these renderings may be more nearly the ideas of what he is than correct translations of his name. H'oh-mah'-yohh-wah"neh' ruled the world above the sky, and was the father of the Woman who fell from Heaven.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 117.</ref>

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	This chief was, in a sense, the progenitor of the people of our world as known to the ancient Wyandots. But these people were " created " by his grandsons, the Twina1, the sons of his daughter, the Woman who fell from heaven. · By all that I have heard, he was surpassed in power by these grandsons, the Twins, and especially in matters pertaining to this world.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref></blockquote>		This chief was, in a sense, the progenitor of the people of our world as known to the ancient Wyandots. But these people were " created " by his grandsons, the Twina1, the sons of his daughter, the Woman who fell from heaven. · By all that I have heard, he was surpassed in power by these grandsons, the Twins, and especially in matters pertaining to this world.<ref>Connelley, William Elsey. ''Wyandot Folk-Lore''. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/wyandotfolklore01conngoog</nowiki>. p. 40.</ref></blockquote>

	====The Great One of the Water and the Land====		=====The Great One of the Water and the Land=====


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	Tseh'-zh-oh-skah'-hah was the name of the Wyandot God of the Forest and Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh-seh- howh-hoohngk, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from Heaven.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref>		Tseh'-zh-oh-skah'-hah was the name of the Wyandot God of the Forest and Nature. His name means " The Great One of the Water and the Land." He was the deification of the mythical Tseh-seh- howh-hoohngk, the Good One of the Twins born of the Woman who fell from Heaven.<ref>Connelley, William E. “Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots. I. Religion.” ''The Journal of American Folklore'' 12, no. 45 (1899): 116–25. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.2307/533785</nowiki>. p. 118.</ref>