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Great Serpent
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Region: Chippewa Indians, North America
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha"
Sources: Survive 2012

Appears on the shores of Lake Superior

"Kidnapped Nanabozho's sousin. Nanabozho tricked the wind and clouds so that the sun would boil the lake that the Great Serpent hid in. The Great Serpent came out of the lake and Nanabozho shot an arrow to kill it, but it went back into the water and tore the cousin to pieces. The Great Serpent made the water flood the earth and only those on the raft survived." Source - Survive 2012.

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