Hino
Iroquois · deity · sky woman cosmogony · Recorded classification
The Thunderer, addressed in ceremony as Grandfather. Lord of thunder, lightning and the life-giving rains, and the great slayer of the monstrous serpents that lurk in lakes and rivers — the protector who keeps the ordered world safe for the people.
Domains
- thunder and rain
- agriculture and harvest
Powers
- Hurl the thunderbolts and lightning of the storm
- Slay the great horned water-serpents
- Bring the life-giving rains that ripen the crops
Epithets
- Hino the Thunderer; Thunder-LeaderHarriet Maxwell Converse, Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois (1908) (secondary)
- Tisote Grandfather (the ceremonial address)Converse, Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois (1908) (secondary)
Relations
- ally: TeharonhiawakoProtector-ally of the Good Mind's creation, destroying the monsters that menace the people.Converse (1908) (primary)
Sources
- existence: H. M. Converse, Myths and Legends of the New York State Iroquois (1908) (primary); A. C. Parker, Seneca Myths and Folk Tales (1923) (secondary)