Atotarho
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
Article abstract: Atotarho was one of three central figures who established the Iroquois Confederacy.
Atotarho is a historical figure for whom there is almost no historical record. Oral tradition stories hold that Atotarho was a brutal, evil sorcerer. These stories relate that Atotarho had snakes growing out of his head, that he was a cannibal, and that he was soothed by magical birds sent by Deganawida (the Peacemaker) and Hiawatha, the other two principal architects of the Iroquois Confederacy. It is probably true that he was a cannibal.
Atotarho was...
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