Case file · Folklore / legend
Tahquitz
In Cahuilla tradition Tahquitz (Takwish) is a powerful and dangerous spirit who lives in the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs and is seen as a ball of light or heard in rumbles of the mountain.
1925 CE · 33.80, -116.56 · status: legend
The account
Anthropologist Alfred Kroeber recorded the figure in his 'Handbook of the Indians of California' (1925). Tahquitz Canyon is managed by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.