Misikinubik
Menominee · numen · Menominee traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Misikinubik, the Great Horned Serpent, is the monstrous horned snake of the underworld waters, greatest of the serpent-powers that lie beneath lakes and rapids. Bearing horns and, in some tellings, a crest of copper, it is a bringer of storm and drowning and a giver of dangerous power to those who dare to treat with it. With the underwater panther it belongs to the powers that Manabus fought to avenge the Wolf, and it is a chief object of the Thunderers' hunt across the sky.
Domains
- water underworld
- storm power
Powers
- bestows dangerous power on those who treat with it
Relations
- enemy: ManabusSkinner, A. & Satterlee, J. V. (1915). Folklore of the Menomini Indians. AP-AMNH 13(3). (primary)
- enemy: The ThunderbirdHoffman, W. J. (1896). The Menomini Indians. 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 88-89. (secondary)
Sources
- Misikinubik, the Great Horned Serpent, is a chief water-monster of the Menominee underworld, giver of dangerous power and quarry of the Thunderers.: Skinner, A. & Satterlee, J. V. (1915). Folklore of the Menomini Indians. AP-AMNH 13(3). (primary); Skinner, A. (1920). Medicine Ceremony of the Menomini, Iowa, and Wahpeton Dakota. Indian Notes and Monographs 4. (secondary)