Gohone is an Iroquois deity associated with winter.

Gohone is a god of winter, who takes the form of an old man with a stick. During winter, he would walk the forests, breaking trees apart with his stick and his powers of frost.[1] Adekagagwaa, the sun god associated with summer, will return at the end of winter and banish Gohone, thus bringing warmth back to the land.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Ely; Frédérique Devos (16 October 2018). Le grand livre des esprits de noël. Véga. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-2-85829-947-8.
  2. ↑ Charles Russell Coulter; Patricia Turner (4 July 2013). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-135-96390-3.
  3. ↑ Hartley Burr Alexander (7 March 2012). Native American Mythology. Courier Corporation. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-0-486-12279-3.
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