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The 'Horned Serpent' is a mystical, invisible, serpent with horns appearing in the mythologies of many Native Americans. He brought rain and made a noise similar to (but not the same as) thunder.
The Horned Serpent was venerated, in various forms, by the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek.

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Known names

★ 'Misi-kinepikw' ("great snake") - Cree

★ 'Misi-ginebig' ("great snake") - Anishininimowin

★ 'Mishi-ginebig' ("great snake") - Ojibwemowin

★ 'Pita-skog' ("great snake") - Abenaki

★ 'Sint Holo' - Choctaw

★ 'Unktehi' - Dakota

See also

★ Avanyu

★ Chinese dragon

★ Quetzalcoatl

References

★ Willoughby, Charles C. (1936). "The Cincinnati Tablet: An Interpretation". ''The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly'' '45':257-264.

★ Native American Mythology

★ Glossary of Alternate Religions

★ Serpents in Mythology

External link

★ Horned serpent, feathered serpent.

★ Lakota creation myth involving Unktehi

★ Native American Fossil Legends