Water monsters

Rankin, Robert L rankin at ku.edu
Sun Jan 20 23:26:03 UTC 2002


> There is a water monster that shows up in Crow tales.  The term for it
is buluksa'a. which is not obviously derived from anything else.  Any
possible cognates?  Randy

Looks like it might possibly be related to the *wakru$ka term (folk taxonomy
for anything from a small bug to an alligator, including insects, arachnids
and lizards).  It has reflexes in various Mississippi Valley languages.

Bob



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