The Seneca origin story is really interesting, because of the nations included in the Iroquois Confederacy, the Seneca are the only tribe that are said to have come from the earth on which they’ve settled. The myth says that they were “released by the creator from beneath a mountain”(sni.org), which is why they’re known as the People of the Great Hill.

While the Seneca has this story about being released from the Earth, they still prescribed to the broader story of Sky Woman falling from the sky world into this world, which at the time, was filled with water. However, they call this woman Eagentci, rather than Sky Woman.

 

Resources:

https://sni.org/culture/birth-of-a-nation/

Douglas M. George-kanentiio (1995).Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois. Clear Light Books