Thunderbird (mythology)
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The thunderbird is a mythological birdlike spirit in North American Indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.
Thunderbird on Totem Pole
Pacific Northwest (Haida) imagery of a double thunderbird
Ojibwe shoulder pouch depicting two thunderbirds in quillwork, Peabody Museum Harvard
Painting of a thunderbird from the Great Lakes region, likely pre-1800
Horned Serpent
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The Horned Serpent appears in the mythologies of many cultures including Native American peoples, European, and Near Eastern mythology. Details vary among cultures, with many of the stories associatin
Thunderbird (mythology)
…Ojibwe in Minnesota). In Algonquian mythology, the thunderbird controls the upper world while the underworld is governed by the underwater panther or Great Horned Serpent. The thunderbird creates not just thunder (with its wing-flapping) but also lightning bolts, which it casts at the underworld creatures. Thunderbird…
The Horned Serpent design is a common theme on pottery from Casas Grandes (Paquimé)
Tie-snakes on a Mississippian sandstone plate from the Moundville Archaeological Site
The antlered deity of the Gundestrup cauldron, commonly identified with Cernunnos, holding a ram-horned serpent and a torc.
Relief of Cernunnos with two ram-horned snakes in the Corinium Museum.