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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ