Ahone was the chief god and creator in the religion of the Native American

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 Powhatan

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 tribe and related Algonquians in the Virginia

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area. According to tribal legend, Ahone created the world as a flat disk with the Powhatan tribe at its center. He was also considered to be detached from mankind and required no offerings or sacrifices like many other gods.