![]() Kanee searched day and night, they found an unknown mountain on the Vancouver Island as they reached the top of the mountain there was a cave. To find this spirit, the chief sent Kanee, one of his trust worthy people their task was to find the origins of thunder and lightning they will lead them to such a powerful spirit. The search in the mountains and the joys! Oh my people find this spirit and show him our love” “From the demons of the ocean to the spirits of the sky we must find the lord who pleased us with his power and strength. During the evening meeting of the tribe, the chief of the Kwakwaka’wakw tribe decided that they must follow this deity who had helped them in difficult times. ![]() Later the day, the unknown spirit caused a thunderstorm in the area that relieved the people from their difficulties and the normal routine of the people was restored. This is why the prairie regions near the Pacific north-west coast mountains are treeless. The unknown spirit eventually succeeded in lifting Whale out of the ocean, carrying it high into the air and then dropping it in the Pacific ocean that created a tsunami-like waves that moved towards the present day Japan, the battle was so intense that the entire trees were uprooted. It soared out over the coastal waters, then plunged into the ocean and seized Whale. But since ages, the people of this tribe were in hardship due to a Killer Whale that used to hamper the people’s fishing activity and with that a great number of people used to die everyday, one day a supernatural spirit saw from its home high in the mountains that the people were starving to death due to food crisis and drought. In present day British Colombia, Canada there lived a Kwakwaka’wakw tribe that like any other north American tribe was peaceful and believed in spirits. The beginning of a spirit Thunderbird and it's arch nemesis! ![]() This myth written by me, keeping Native American mythology, ranging from the Pacific Northwest to tribes in the Southeastern United States in mind!
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