Underwater Cat

[Koontz John E]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Michael Mccafferty wrote:
> Does Siouan, or for that matter Muskogean, cosmology have the Underwater
> Panther, Underwater Cat, characteristic of Algonquian and Iroquoian?

Yes.  There was a discussion of this not too long ago, but I guess just
long enough ago, under the heading of watermonster that would appear in
the archives.  Go to http://www.linguistlist.org, select archives lists,
go to Siouan and then search on watermonster and/or panther.

The recent discussion on terms for sacred and snake would also be
applicable.

JEK