Brian Roebuck
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Dec 15, 2008 18:04:33 GMT -5
The Thunderbird figures prominently in the traditions of many Native American tribes. For some, it is the flapping of the Thunderbird’s wings that one hears during rainstorms rumbling in the skies and it is the Thunderbird’s eyes and beak that flash the lightning. To the Lakota of the prairie, the Thunderbird is an embodiment of the Great Mystery, the Supreme Being, which created all things on Earth. unmyst3.blogspot.com/2008/12/thunderbird.html |
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Post by Azurerana on Dec 17, 2008 19:13:12 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you were trying to link to Dr. B, but it isn't there.
On the subject of thunderbirds, if you've ever seen petroglyphs/pictographs of them they look astonishingly like turkey vultures...including the white underwings. Turkey vultures really have a problem flying in the rain.
Even if no one else agrees, I like the turkey vulture as Wakantanka. If not the turkey vulture, then the red-tailed hawk. Someone else can take the eagles....
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Dec 20, 2008 8:45:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you were trying to link to Dr. B, but it isn't there. On the subject of thunderbirds, if you've ever seen petroglyphs/pictographs of them they look astonishingly like turkey vultures...including the white underwings. Turkey vultures really have a problem flying in the rain. Even if no one else agrees, I like the turkey vulture as Wakantanka. If not the turkey vulture, then the red-tailed hawk. Someone else can take the eagles.... Sorry - wrong linky!!!  Try this one: unmyst3.blogspot.com/2008/12/thunderbird.html |
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