Adekagagwaa is a

Haudenosaunee The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian Peoples, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Indigenous confederations in North America, confederacy of First Nations in Canada, First Natio ...

sun deity. He is also associated with

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

. Adekagagwaa was said to have control over several weather gods, including Gǎ-oh, the wind god,

Hé-no Hé-no is a thunder spirit of the Iroquois and Seneca people, Seneca people. He is also known as Heno, Hino, Hinu or Hinun. Hé-no lives in the cloud of the far west, and has rainbow as his wife, and is accompanied by the eagles Keneu and Oshadag ...

, the god of thunder and storm, and Gohone, the god of winter. Every winter, Adekagagwaa would leave for the southern skies, leaving his "sleep spirit" to keep watch. As he left, he would promise his return, when once again he would reign over the weather gods. On his return, Gohone would depart the land.

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{{Deity-stub Iroquois mythology Gods of the indigenous peoples of North America Solar gods Sky and weather gods