Ahone

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Ahone is the benevolent creator god in the traditional religion of the Powhatan people of Virginia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ahone canonical 3

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Powhatan deity
creator god
deity
associatedWith good
contrastedWith Okeus
cosmicFunction creation
maintenance of order
cosmologicalStatus high god
country United States
culture Powhatan
demandedSacrifices no
documentedIn early English colonial records about Powhatan religion
ethnicGroup Powhatan people
linked to: Powhatan peoples
gender male
hasAttribute generosity
kindness
non-demanding nature
moralAlignment benevolent
moralRole source of goodness
mythologicalTradition Algonquian mythology
Native American mythology
nameVariant Ahone
opposedBy Okeus
powerScope universal
region Virginia
religion Powhatan traditional religion
linked to: Powhatan religion
role creator of the world
supreme being
timePeriod early colonial era accounts
pre-colonial era
typeOfWorship less ritualized than worship of Okeus
worshippedBy Algonquian-speaking peoples of the Virginia Tidewater
Powhatan people
linked to: Powhatan peoples

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Powhatan mainDeity Ahone
Ahone nameVariant Ahone