Palöngawhoya
Hopi · demigod · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Younger War Twin, grandson of Spider Woman (Kookyangwso'wuuti); the echo, posted to the south pole to keep the air moving and carry sound through the earth. Twin of Pöqangwhoya.
Parentage
- parent: Spider Woman
Domains
- war
- sound air
Powers
- Keep the air in gentle, ordered movement
- Send out sound through the earth's vibratory centers
- Slay monsters threatening the people
Relations
- twin sibling: PöqangwhoyaReciprocal of hopi_poqangwhoya.twin sibling — The War Twins: the elder posted to the north pole, the younger Echo to the south, keeping the world spinning in order.H. R. Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (Chicago 1905) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (1905) (primary); Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (primary)
- descent: Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (1905) (primary)