Hahgwehdaetgah Flint Shard Hahgwehdaetgah, whose name is translated as Flint, is the malevolent twin son of the sky goddess Atahensic, already recorded on this atlas, in Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, creation tradition. Tradition holds that he killed his mother by bursting violently from her side at birth, in contrast to his brother Hahgwehdiyu, known as Sapling, who was born normally. Where Hahgwehdiyu built the sky, sun, moon and stars from their mother's remains, Hahgwehdaetgah worked to undo his brother's constructive acts, notably creating darkness to drive down the sun.
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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