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Thunderbird (mythology)
The thunderbird is a legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural bird of power and strength. It is especially important, and frequently depicted, in the art, songs and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, and is found in various forms among the peoples of the American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains.
Thunderbird mythology parallels tales of the Roc from around the Indian Ocean; like the roc, the thunderbird is generally assumed to be based on real (though mythically exaggerated) species of birds, namely the bald eagle, which is very common on the Northwest Coast.
== Naming ==
The thunderbird's name is said to originate from the belief that the beating of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind. The Lakota name for the thunderbird is ''Wakį́nyąn'', . The Kwakwaka'wakw have many names for the thunderbird, and the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) called it ''Kw-Uhnx-Wa''. The Ojibwa word for a thunderbird that is closely associated with thunder is ''animikii'', while large thunderous birds are known as ''binesi''.
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