Sint Holo

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Sint Holo (also known as Pita-skog in Abenaki, Misi-kinepikw in Cree, Misi-ginebig in Anishininimowin and Mishi-ginebig in Ojibwe, all four meaning "great snake") is a mystical, invisible, horned serpent appearing in the mythologies of many Native Americans.^{[citation needed]} He brought rain and made a noise similar to (but not the same as) thunder.

Sint Holo was venerated, in various forms, by the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek.

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• Willoughby, Charles C. (1936). "The Cincinnati Tablet: An Interpretation". The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 45:257-264.
• Native American Mythology
• Glossary of Alternate Religions
• Serpents in Mythology