Note 301 — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)

Ongwe Honwe for Oñgweʹ-ʻHoñweʻ signifies “real, or native, people,” people in contrast with pseudohuman beings, or beings that assume or have had the human form and attributes belonging to the myth-making epoch. In modern times, the name was applied to the native Indian person in contrast with the European person.