His outstretched palm became the sky, his mother's head the sun, and her breasts became the moon and stars.
[2] The Oeh-dah (Earth) was a thought in the mind of the ruler on a great island floating above the clouds.
On this island grew a great apple[note 1] tree where the inhabitants held council.
Hahgwehdiyu then took the Moon and Stars from his mother's breast, and placed them, his sisters, to guard the night sky.
As Tekawerahkwa died by childbirth, either she wished for her body to sustain the people[7] or Atahensic sowed on her grave the seeds she had brought when she fell to Earth, but never planted before.
[8] Out of Tekawerahkwa's remains grew various plants: the sister spirits of the corn, beans, and squash came from her breasts, hands, and navel respectively; sunflowers from her legs; strawberries from her heart; tobacco from her head; and purple potatoes or sunchokes from her feet.
He healed disease, defeated demons, and gave many of the Iroquois magical and ceremonial rituals.