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Hiawatha

Object description

Hiawatha, född cirka 1525 och död cirka 1575, var en hövding hos mohawkerna i Nordamerika. Han medverkade i enandet av de fem irokesstammarna i ett förbund.

Poeten Henry Wadsworth Longfellow försåg denne historiske gestalt med en lång rad bedrifter och myter från de algonkinska folksagorna. Han blir då en sagofigur som framträder i "The Song of Hiawatha", 1855 översatt till svenska som "Hiawathas sång". Longfellows figur har i princip endast namnet gemensamt med den historiska personen.

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Visat namn

Hiawatha

Annat namn

Aiionwatha; Ayenwathaaa

Tidpunkt - födelse

1525

Tidpunkt - död

1575

Land - verksamhet

USA

Källor, Wikipedia - beskr. av: sv.wikipedia.org

Beskrivning

Hiawatha, född cirka 1525 och död cirka 1575, var en hövding hos mohawkerna i Nordamerika. Han medverkade i enandet av de fem irokesstammarna i ett förbund.

Beskrivning - engelska

Hiawatha (/ˌhaɪəˈwɒθə/ HY-ə-WOTH-ə, also US: /-ˈwɔːθə/ -⁠WAW-thə: Haiëñ'wa'tha [hajẽʔwaʔtha]), also known as Ayenwathaaa or Aiionwatha, was a precolonial Native American leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or both. According to some accounts, he was born an Onondaga but adopted into the Mohawks.

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Hiawatha

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