The following text is adapted from the 1898 poem “Odina” by Emily Pauline Johnson, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) writer also known as Tekahionwake.
I am Odina, I am she, the wife
Of him whose name breathes valor and life
And courage to the people who call him chief.
I am Odina, his bright star, and he
Is earth, and river, and sky—and soul to me.
I am Odina, I am she, the wife
Of him whose name breathes valor and life
And courage to the people who call him chief.
I am Odina, his bright star, and he
Is earth, and river, and sky—and soul to me.