Note 229 — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)
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Hinon for Hiʹʼnoⁿʼ is the name of the Thunderer; later in Iroquois thought there were four who bore this name and who were the foes of all manner of reptiles and snakes, and the friends of mankind. The word is singular in form but with a plural implication, according to the context.