Dekanawida Prophecy

The Iroquois have a prophecy given to them by Dekanawida, the Great Peacemaker, in which foretells a time when peace will once again be established among the people.  

After forming the original Five Nations Confederacy, Dekanawida left for the Sky World. He told us this story about forthcoming events before he got into his stone canoe for the trip.

 “There will come a time when the Ongwehonwe will be befriended by a White Serpent. At first it will be good to you. Seven generations later it will squeeze you so tight against his chest you can hardly breathe. 

“Then a Red Serpent will appear. The White Serpent will drop the Onkwehonwe to the ground. Like a baby Ongwehonwe will crawl to the hilly country to heal. Then the White and Red serpents will get into awful war, tearing open Mother Earth and causing mass destruction. All of the fish will turn on their bellies in the water. The birds will fall from the sky. All the elm trees will die. The air will burn your eyes. Then the Red and White serpents will lay around not knowing what to do for a while. 

“Out of the south will come a Black Serpent which will take over the war-making of the Red and White serpents.  He will start wars with every nation on earth, always looking to see who is his next victim. Eventually he will only see the Ongwehonwe healing in the hilly country. He will say, “I have no fight with them.” 

“At that moment a light many times brighter than the sun will come from the east. The Black Serpent will be fearful and swim south never to be seen again by the Ongwehonwe.  The Red Serpent will crawl north leaving a snaily trail behind, never to be seen again by the Ongwehonwe.  

“Part of the White Serpent’s tail shall break off and crawl to the hilly country to heal with the Ongwehonwe. The rest shall make a feeble attempt to swim toward the light. 

Dekanawida continued, “I will return from the sky world then. The Ongwehonwe who have been healing in the hilly country shall be burning tobacco, calling me by name. A great leader will come from the hilly country. No one knows from where he will come. He will come from the Kanienkehaka. His words will be heard by as many as the blades of grass at the same time. All the nations of the world will look to the Ongwehonwe for guidance. We will take our proper place in the council of nations. All three serpents will be washed away. The earth will be cleansed, followed by peace on earth. The Kaianerehkowa, the Great Law of Peace, will be the law of the world.”

I found this prophecy on the Mohawk Nation News blog, and the entire article can be read here. 

There are different versions of this prophecy and they are worth researching.  Pay attention to the similarities in the different accounts.  This is a true prophecy and will come to pass.  It blends with other prophecies found in the sacred writings. 

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