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  2. Horned Serpent - Wikipedia

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    Among Cherokee people, a Horned Serpent is called an uktena. Anthropologist James Mooney, describes the creature: Those who know say the Uktena is a great snake, as large around as a tree trunk, with horns on its head, and a bright blazing crest like a diamond on its forehead, and scales glowing like sparks of fire.

  3. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    boa snake: Tehuelche: Named for the Chubut River, ultimately from Tehuelche chupat ("transparent"), and Greek ophis, meaning snake. [citation needed] Chuckwalla (Sauromalus) iguanid: Shoshone or Cahuilla: The common name derives from Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla čaxwal, via Spanish [66] Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) salmon: Lower Chinook

  4. Tsul 'Kalu - Wikipedia

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    The words Tsul and Tsune and their variations appear in a number of Cherokee place names throughout the Southeastern United States, especially in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Tsul`kälû' Tsunegûñ'yï is a 100-acre (40 ha) patch on a slope of the mountain Tanasee Bald [ 2 ] in Jackson County, North Carolina , on the ridge ...

  5. Category:Cherokee legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 6 September 2018, at 18:40 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Cherokee spiritual beliefs - Wikipedia

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    ᏗᎵᏍᏙᏗ "dilsdohdi" [1] the "water spider" is said to have first brought fire to the inhabitants of the earth in the basket on her back. [2]Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina (the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...

  7. 'Sacred': Cherokee name in, Confederate general out for ... - AOL

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    In 1838 and 1839, the majority of the Cherokee were forced from native homelands in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the new “Indian Territory” Oklahoma. The route has become known as ...

  8. Category:Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of ...

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    Cherokee legendary creatures (9 P) D. Native American demons (2 C, 16 P) G. Native American giants (13 P) I. Inuit legendary creatures (16 P) Iroquois legendary ...

  9. List of snakes by common name - Wikipedia

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    List of snakes, overview of snake families and genera. List of reptiles, overview of reptile orders and families. References This page was last edited on 1 April ...