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Dakwa'i, the monster fish of the French Broad

A place in the French Broad about 6 miles above Warm Springs (Hot Springs) was named for a dakwa, a giant fish said to live there. In one story a dakwa swallowed a hunter, who cut his way out.

1900 CE · 35.83, -82.75 · status: legend

Sources

  1. Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900), Project Gutenberg
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