Ma'aseewi
Zuni · demigod · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Younger of the Ahayuta twin war gods, son of the Sun Father. With his elder brother Uyuyewi he guides the people from the underworld and defends them. Cushing's folktales call the younger twin Mátsailema; Ahayu:da is the collective term for the pair.
Parentage
- parent: Sun Father
Domains
- war
- protection
Powers
- Lead the people up from the four cave-worlds
- Slay monsters and enemies of the people
- Wield thunder-weapons alongside his brother
Relations
- twin sibling: UyuyewiReciprocal of zuni_uyuyewi.twin sibling — Elder of the Ahayuta war twins begotten by the Sun Father on waterfall foam; with his younger twin he led the people up from the underworld.Frank H. Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths, 13th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (1896) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths (1896) (primary); Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (1904) (primary)
- descent: Cushing, Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths (1896) (primary)