Ahayuta

Ahayuta

According to Zuni mythology, Ahayuta are the twin gods of war in Native American mythology.

Origins

Ahayuta were created by Awonawilona, the Sun God, to protect the first people from their enemies, using lightning. They are second only to Awonawilona himself.

Names

"Benedict (1935 :1) and Bunzel (1932 : 584, n. 96) give the names "Watusti" (Bunzel uses the term "Watsutsi") and "Yanaluha" to these" twin-brothers. [M. Jane Young : "Morning Star, Evening Star : Zuni Traditional Stories", p. 94, n. 3. In :- Ray A. Williamson & Claire R. Farrer : "Earth & Sky : Visions of the Cosmos in Native American Folklore". University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1992. pp. 75-100]

Feats

*The ʔahayutah (Ahayuta) overcame a one-horned giant (who had been kicking people over cliffs) by tricking his son into killing him [Edgar L. Hewett : "Ancient Life in the American Southwest". Biblo & Tannen Publ, 1968. p. 109] ;
*they sent a gopher who tunneled into another giant's house to find the rain-clouds which had all been confined to jars there, released the rain-clouds, cut out and burned that giant's heart [Edgar L. Hewett : "Ancient Life in the American Southwest". Biblo & Tannen Publ, 1968. pp. 110-112] ;
*they found the deer who had all been confined to a corral by yet another giant, and induced the predator-beasts to tear down the corral, releasing the deer, and transformed that giant into a crow [Edgar L. Hewett : "Ancient Life in the American Southwest". Biblo & Tannen Publ, 1968. p. 112-116] .

Worship

Legend says that if one desires victory in battle or protection, one should carve an effigy of one or both of the twins from a piece of wood that was struck by lightning.

Followers of the Zuni religion believe that Ahayuta are still defending all the peoples of the earth.

Notes

References

*Benedict, Ruth : "Zuni Mythology". 2 vols. "COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY", 21. NY, 1935.
*Bunzel, Ruth L. : "Introduction to Zuñi Ceremonialism". "Forty-Seventh ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, for the years 1929-1930". pp. 467-1086. Washington (DC), 1932.

External links

* [http://www.aras.org/se_war.html Ahayuta figurine and information]
* [http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/native_american-mythology.php?deity=AHAYUTA-ACHI Godchecker.com article]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=FWBbbklR6LgC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=Ahayutah&source=web&ots=dTQv7La4bG&sig=MVVPh7yYYOoGH8VRlXijeEopQac&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA109,M1 the feats of the ʔahayutah]


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