Enumclaw and Kapoonis ( ) are
mythological
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twin brothers of ostensible
Pacific Northwest
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Native American origin who wanted to be great
medicine men
A medicine man (from Ojibwe ''mashkikiiwinini'') or medicine woman (from Ojibwe ''mashkikiiwininiikwe'') is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Each culture has its own name i ...
and sought the
guardian spirit Sky Father's assistance. Enumclaw became so highly skilled at rock throwing and Kapoonis so highly skilled with fire that they frightened Sky Father with their aim and ferocity, so Sky Father changed Enumclaw into the thunder spirit and changed Kapoonis into the lightning spirit.
[Ella Clark, Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, University of California Press, 2003, p. 164. .]
See also
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Cherokee thunder beings, similar mythological figures
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Coast Salish peoples
The Coast Salish peoples are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak on ...
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Salishan oral literature
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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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References
Coast Salish culture
Gods of the indigenous peoples of North America
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