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Thunderbird is a roller coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client. The Thunderbird is the cap badge and symbol of the Canadian Forces Military Police since 1968. Various sports teams are called the Thunderbirds or have Thunderbird mascots ...
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Pages in category "Algonquian legendary creatures" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O. Odziozo; U.
Hé-no as drawn by Jesse Cornplanter, a Seneca artist, 1908. Hé-no is a thunder spirit of the Iroquois and Seneca people. He is also known as Heno, Hino, Hinu or Hinun. [1]Hé-no lives in the cloud of the far west, [2] and has rainbow as his wife, and is accompanied by the eagles Keneu and Oshadagea. [1]
Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan) Tulikettu (Finnish) - Fox with flaming fur, whose skin is said to be a safer alternative for lighting than fire. Catching on in a hunt will guarantee riches. Gives name to the northern lights. Translates to Firefox.
Among the eastern Algonquian peoples located north of the Abenaki areas, a similar character to Nanabozho existed called Tcakabesh in the Algonquin language, Chikapash among the eastern James Bay Crees, Chaakaapaas by the Naskapi, Tshakapesh in the Innu language and Tcikapec in the Atikamekw language, changing to various animal forms to various ...
The Waabanowin (also spelled Wabuowin, Wabunohwin and Wabunohiwin) is the Dawn Society, also sometime improperly called the "Magical Dawn Society".Its practitioners are called Waabanow and the practices of Waabanowin referred to as the Waabano.
In most legends, the female form is the most commonly told; she eats children and cries "hu-hu!" to attract them, she imitates the child's grandmother's voice. Children frequently outwit her, sometimes killing her and taking her treasures without being eaten. Bakwas is king of the ghosts. He is a small green spirit whose face looks emaciated ...