Myths of the Iroquois

the serpent (Chapter 003)

Role: serpent · First appears: A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara

Life events

  • Hi-nuⁿ killed the serpent with repeated thunderbolts.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 the creek)
    • With: Hi-nuⁿ
    • “Hi-nuⁿ was forced to launch another thunderbolt, and another and another, before, finally, the poisoner was slain.”
  • The serpent's enormous corpse became wedged among the rocks, forming Niagara's horseshoe shape.(A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara · 📍 Niagara)
    • “As the weight of the monster pressed on the rocks they gave way and thus the horseshoe form, that remains to this day, was fashioned.”

A Seneca Legend Of Hi-Nuⁿ And Niagara

  • enemies with Hi-nuⁿ “Hi-nuⁿ watched him until he neared the creek, then he launched a thunderbolt at him.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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