Áhaiyuta

Also known as: the Beloved Preceder / Úanam Éhkona · Role: the elder of the Twain (first called Úanam Éhkona) · First appears: Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men

In Section 5, the Sun-father and the Foam-cap were the parents of the Twain: Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, was the elder, and Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, was the younger. In Section 13 at K’éyatiwankwi, Áhaiyuta and Mátsailema fired arrows at the firebolts, shaking the earth.

In Section 44, they took the names Áhaiyuta and Mátsailema, declaring, “Áhaiyuta, the elder and main; Mátsailema, the younger of birth.” In Section 45, the brothers led the people to safety, with Áhaiyuta and his warriors in front and Mátsailema and his warriors behind. In Section 47, they divided the people into companies to search for the Middle; Áhaiyuta led one group through the midmost way. In Section 50, Áhaiyuta led the People of the Middle and the Macaw people eastward.

Relationship record

Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men

parent: Sun-father “To them the Sun-father imparted, still retaining, control-thought and his own knowledge-wisdom, even as to the offspring of wise parents their knowingness is imparted and as to his right hand and his left hand a skillful man gives craft freely surrendering not his knowledge.”
parent: Foam-cap “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left, like to question and answer in deciding and doing.”
siblings with Mátsailema “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left, like to question and answer in deciding and doing.”

Section 13 · The Hardening of the World, and the First Settlement of Men

siblings with Mátsailema “Brother, behold!”

Section 44 · The Origin of the Twin Gods of War and of the Priesthood of the Bow · Part 1

siblings with Mátsailema “And our names shall be known as the Twain Who hold the high places of earth-- Áhaiyuta, the elder and main; Mátsailema, the younger of birth.”

Section 45 · The Downfall of Hán‘hlipiŋk‘ya, and the Search Anew for the Middle

siblings with Mátsailema “for Áhaiyuta, the elder, and his warriors journeyed before them, and Mátsailema, the younger, and his warriors followed behind--shields of the people, makers and destroyers of pathways!”

Section 47 · The Adoption of the Black People, and the Division of the Clans to Search for the Middle

siblings with Mátsailema (They are identified as the Twain Little Ones.) “When, therefore, the Twain Little Ones, Áhaiyuta and Mátsailema, again bade the people arise to seek the Middle”

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Extracted from the original text of Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths. Made with Rho MD.