Talk:Handsome Lake

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Since the Longhouse Religion retained pre-contact ceremonies, The Great Law of Peace and the myths of the Haudinosaunee; Handsome Lake is more appropriately a Reformer of rather than a Founder of the religion.

(Information from "The Code of Handsome Lake, the Senaca Prophet" by Arthur C. Parker [1913]

Great Law vs. Code of Handsome Lake

While it appears that many if not most in the Longhouse follow the Code of Handsome Lake, some feel that it does great harm to the original Great Law.

see: TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND COMMUNITY COMPETITION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ON-GOING STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE GREAT LAW AND THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE IN KAHNAWAKE

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Qureus1 09:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is meant by, "most in the Longhouse" ?

Most in the longhouse attend ceremonies of the Hodenosaunee, rather than recite the Code of Hansome Lake. The Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake are not the same thing. The Great Law is the political structure of the Hodenosaunee. The Code of Handsome lake is a religion or Theology, that followers look to for guidance on decision making. Political structures can be greatly harmed by religious followers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.187.137 (talk) 03:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addition

I would like to add an internal link to this page that would direct readers to the page, How America was Discovered, which I am currently working on. I feel that the two articles have similarities as well as being spoken by Handsome Lake. Alexisyos (talk) 18:17, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clan

Arthur Parker's The Code of Handsome Lake is an outdated source. According to Thomas Abler, author of Cornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas, Handsome Lake and his half-brother Cornplanter were born as members of the Wolf Clan. Both this article and the article on Cornplanter have been corrected. Griffin's Sword (talk) 19:18, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]