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Whale was a monster, killing other whales and depriving the Quileute tribe of meat and oil. Thunderbird, a benevolent supernatural being, saw from its home high in the mountains that the people were starving. It soared out over the coastal waters, then plunged into the ocean and seized Whale. A struggle ensued; the ocean receded and rose again.
Ethnographic research has focused on a common regional pattern of art and mythology depicting a great battle between a thunderbird and a whale, [8] as well as cultural signifiers such as earthquake-inspired ritual masks and dances. [14]
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 ...
The Tillamook were skilled basket-weavers, [15] and had a detailed mythology with links to existing events; the Story of the Thunderbird and Whale, for example, reflects the large earthquake in that region in 1700. The Tillamook divided their mythology into three categories; the earliest was the Myth Age, followed by the Age of Transformation ...
According to legend, the haietlik is both an ally and a weapon of the thunderbirds, employed by them in the hunting of whales. They are described as huge serpents with heads as sharp as a knife and tongues that shoot lightning bolts. A blow from a haietlik injures a whale enough that the hunting thunderbird can carry it away as prey. [1]
Tseiqami hunts whales for its dinner out at sea, and sometimes helped heroic ancestors build houses by placing giant cedar beams for them. Thunderbird has a younger brother named Kolus. Thunderbird's adversary is Qaniqilak, spirit of the summer season, who is often identified as the sea god, Kumugwe. Kumugwe or Komokwa is the name of "Undersea ...
Sumi – An animal guardian spirit with the wings of a Thunderbird and the legs of an American black bear who is the mascot of the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Toodee – A blue monster with the body and skin of a dinosaur, the scales and spikes of a dragon, and the face, ears and whiskers of a rabbit. She is debuted in Yo Gabba Gabba!.
Thunderbird 6; The World of Hans Christian Andersen; 1969. The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha; A Boy Named Charlie Brown; Captain Nemo and the Underwater City; The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes; Godzilla's Revenge; Kes; My Side of the Mountain; Pippi Goes on Board; Pippi Longstocking; Rascal; Run Wild, Run Free; Tintin and the Temple of the Sun ...