![]() Thunderbird would seize Mimlos-whale in his talons and try to carry Mimlos-whale to his nest in the mountains. Thunderbird in the air could not whip Mimlos-whale in the water. For a long time the battle was undecided. Hobucket said that Thunderbird represented good and that Mimlos-whale represented evil.) And no trees have ever grown in that place to this day. Thunderbird and Whale fought so hard that they pulled up the trees there by their roots. The whale fought very hard before he was killed. One time Thunderbird got a big whale in his talons and carried him to Beaver Prairie and ate him there. He makes the big noise by the flapping of his wings. He makes the lightning by his rapid flight through the air. No one would sleep near that place over night. Everyone was afraid of Thunderbird and of the thunder noise. There it broke into a million pieces, and rattled as it rolled farther down the valley. The ice would roll until it came to the level place where the rocks are. Whenever people came near there, he rolled ice down the mountain side while he made the thunder noise. He caused ice to come out of the door of his house. He did not want any person to come near his house. ![]() This is a supernatural place." Whenever they walked close to the hole they approached his place. They found a hole in the side of the mountain. Some men were hunting on the Hoh mountains. When he moves about in there, he makes the noise there under the ice. Thunderbird keeps his meat in a dark hole under the glacier at the foot of the Olympic glacial field. The flapping of his wings makes the thunder and the great winds. When he opens and shut his eyes, he makes the lightning. When it is stormy weather the thunderbird flies through the skies. (Neah bay Indians believe that the lightning is caused by two monstrous feathered snakes which dart out from under Thunderbird's breast when he flies forth in anger.) Walters, 1933, "Tales from the Hoh and Quileute", Journal of American Folklore, V.
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