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In Kwakiutl mythology, Bokwus is a wild spirit of the woods who draws the spirits of the drowned to his home.
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In Kwakiutl and Bella Coola mythology (north-west Canada) Sisiutl was a water-snake with three heads: snake, human and snake. Its skin was so tough that no knife could pierce it and only a holly-leaf had sufficient magic.
Sisiutl lived in a pool behind the home of the sky-goddess Qamaits, and could be seduced from it down to earth by magic rituals - to help or to harm people depending upon the kind of magic.
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In Kwakiutl mythology, Yagis is a sea monster that overturns canoes and eats their crews.
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Kwakiutl (Kwagiutl, Kwak'wala) is a Wakashan language spoken in Canada.
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