HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

In Native American mythology (particularly in the
Cherokee The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern ...
tribe) the Ani Hyuntikwalaski ("Thunder Beings") are beings that cause
lightning Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One or both regions are within the atmosphere, with the second region sometimes occurring on ...
fire in a hollow
sycamore Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning . Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore: * ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', a ...
tree. Ani Hyuntikwalaski is also the name of the ''Western Marker of The Lost Island Stonecircle''.


References

{{Cherokee Cherokee legendary creatures