Gohone is an

Iroquois The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...

deity associated with

winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures ...

. 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.

Adekagagwaa Adekagagwaa is a Haudenosaunee sun deity. He is also associated with summer. 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, Se ...

, the

sun god A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. The ...

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 ...

, will return at the end of winter and banish Gohone, thus bringing warmth back to the land.

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