'Agojo so'jo

God in Tewa mythology Agojo so'jo or Agoyo so'yuParsons 1996 211 (tew Agóyó sóˀyó, tew ʔɑ̀ɡójó sóʔjó pron, big star)Sutton Logan https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ling_etds/34/ Kiowa-Tanoan: A Synchronic and Diachronic Study University of New Mexico 2014 Albuquerque, NM 500, 507 11 May 2025 is a god in Native American Tewa mythology. He represents the Morning star, the brightest star in the morning.Harrington 1916 49 'Agojo so'jo was the husband of the Evening Star. They were once mortals, but when the Evening Star died, 'agojo so'jo pursued her. Once 'agojo so'jo reached his wife, he could not bring himself to sleep with her, so he escaped. The Evening Star then gave chase to her husband. This eternal pursuit continues, presumably representing the transition of day and night.Parsons 1996 205 In San Juan Tewa stories, the wife sometimes overtake the husband, as the wife, thought to be deceased and without a heart, is a faster runner.Parsons 1996 206 'Agojo so'jo is associated with warfare, and was addressed during times of war.Parsons 1996 181 He is also considered to be the messenger of the Sun. He is also known as agoyonohuseh (Tewa: 'Dark Star Man'). There was also a Nambé Tewa clan named after the deity.Curtis 2007 63–64 The Hano Tewa worships a similar deity known as Ponu'chona. Ponu'chona is also identified with the morning star, and is associated with animals and hunting. Hunters would leave food offering for Ponu'chona. Similarly, the San Juan Tewa had a tale in which the Morning Star set free animals from the sky corral and distribute them on earth. Citations 22em References Curtis Edward S. Edward S. Curtis The North American Indian https://books.google.com/books?id=99MlnyB8uT4C&pg=PR3-IA4 17 The Tewa. The Zuñi 2007 1926 Classic Books Company 978-0-7426-9817-8 The Tewa Indian Game of "Cañute" American Anthropologist 1912 Harrington John P. John Peabody Harrington 14 2 243–286 10.1525/aa.1912.14.2.02a00030 free John P. Harrington John Peabody Harrington The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians https://books.google.com/books?id=9_ANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49 1916 U.S. Government Printing Office Elsie C. Parsons Pueblo Indian Religion Elsie Clews Parsons https://books.google.com/books?id=6PtYXIRWOcEC&pg=PA181 1996 1939 University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-8735-6 Category:Tewa mythology Category:Gods of the Indigenous peoples of North America Category:Hunting gods Category:Animal gods Category:War gods Category:Stellar gods