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power over good souls that come into the heaven world. He cre- 
ated man after observing his own reflection in a pool of water, after 
which he made minature figures in clay and commanded them to 
live. : 
Tawis’karo® was the second born of the daughter of the Sky 
Woman. He was of destructive nature, and found his way to life 
through the axilla of his mother, killing her at birth. His heart 
was made of ice or of flint [the words are similar]. His delight is in 
destroying living things, especially by freezing. He created all the 
evil beasts, serpents, insects and birds. He invented thorns, briars, 
and by kicking at the earth made cliffs and precipices. During his 
career he stole all the good animals and hid them in a cave; he drove 
all the birds away. His great feat was in stealing the sun and hiding 
it in the far southwest. Aided by the fires which his brother, 
T‘hahohiwa’ko", and. his cohorts secured, the birds and animals 
were found and the sun was released. This of course typifies the 
annual triumph of summer over winter, the return of the migrating 
birds and the return of the heat of the sun. Tawis’karo® is then con- 
fined to his cavern, hence his name Hanis‘he’ono", meaning He- 
who-dwells-in-the-cave. With the coming of the Christian mission- 
aries, Tawiskaro was identified with the Christian devil, (Ha’nigo- 
iét’gi‘, bad mind).1 Strangely, about this time it was the Thunder 
god, instead of the good-minded Sky Holder, who was metamor- 
phosed into the Great Spirit, Hawéni’o’, this name being the Seneca 
equivalent for Jehovah (God).? 
Lesser known gods were Ai‘ko™ the Dream god, Haskota’hia- 
haks, the Head Opener and Deioda‘sondai’ko™, Thick Night. 
Aikon caused the dreams which demanded interpretation, and Has- 
kotahiakaks opened the heads of soul bodies as they passed over the 
sky-trail (Milky Way), and examined them for good and evil 
thoughts, after which he ate the brains. 
There is a marvelous tree in the center of the heaven world. It 
bears all manner of fruits and flowers. 
@here\ is also) a’ great tree in the’ center of the earth, Its’ top 
touches the sky. It grew in the world of the first order and it bore 
flowers of light. To touch this tree is to acquire great magical 
power. The Whirlwinds rub their rattles against it and become 
full of orenda. 
1 S’hagoewat’ha’ also meaning, He punishes them. 
* Oddly enough, the original Hebrew concept of Yahweh, (Jehovah) was 
of a god of the elements, particularly the storms. He manifested himsel# 
in the thunder’s roar and by the lightning’s flash, and blew like a great 
wind from the Ark of the Covenant. terrifying the Philistines. 
