Thunderbird
c. 1000 CE – 2026 CEattested
North American plains and Pacific Northwest
- North American
Beats its wings to make thunder and hunts the great horned serpent of the waters. Carved on poles across the Pacific Northwest and painted across the plains.
Known for
- thunder from its wings
- war with the water serpent
- on totem poles
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.