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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths

Note 333 — LEGENDS

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Otʻhegwenhda stood on the rock, watching the fire burn until nothing but coals remained. Suddenly he heard an explosion—a Dagwanoenyent flew toward him, knocking him off the rock; then rising high in the air, it went straight west. Quickly springing to his feet and looking up, the boy saw the Dagwanoenyent going higher and higher. Soon he heard a crash as it struck the Blue (Sky),333 after which it came rushing down again, soon reaching the earth. Thereupon the youth crushed its head with a white flint.

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