ANTH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Neutral Party, Lake Ontario, Type Case
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Similarities with the origin of peacemaker and the creation myth in seneca myth. On canadian side of lake ontario peacemaker goes in a canoe to ny side. Symbolically he is travelling in a magical conveyance of some kind, gives element of sacredness. When arrives in ny side see them engaged in fratricidal warfare, very displeasing to creator, upon arrival here iroquois seem to move to stockaded villages, fortifying in response to some kind of threat. Seneca and cayuga both wanted to sign up just had to meet terms, in the middle were. Onondaga who were saying no, peacemaker struggles with this and wanders around thinking about what to do, here intersects with hiawatha (a high status warrior and diplomat) story. Is an alternate story with a woman as peace queen" acting as the neutral party. Hiawatha loses everything due to witch attack becomes a cannibal, with height of prestige to loss of everything is interesting mythologically.
