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Unktehi

Also called Unktehila, Unktexi.

Unktehi is the great horned water serpent of Lakota tradition, an enormous being of rivers and floods whose war against people and against the Thunderbirds ended in its destruction and the exposure of its bones.

At a glance

Tradition
Native American folklore
Region
Great Plains (place of origin)
Trait family
The Rain-Holders

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Traits

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Form

Behaviour

  • Controls drought and flood
    why

    The narrative that carries most weight has Unktehi rise against the people, flooding the land, and the Thunderbirds answer with lightning and fire until the water is dried and the monster and its brood are destroyed.

Utility powers

  • Hydrokinesis
    why

    The narrative that carries most weight has Unktehi rise against the people, flooding the land, and the Thunderbirds answer with lightning and fire until the water is dried and the monster and its brood are destroyed.

Curses

  • Causes natural disasters
    why

    Unktehi belongs to Lakota and wider Sioux tradition as a water monster of enormous size, associated with rivers, lakes and the floods they produce.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.