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hohoq
[< Kwakiutl hūkhwhukw]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1964 quote.
See: thunderbird(def. 1a)
Quotations
1937
What could it matter to the storekeeper whether his [totem] pole was crested with a hoh-hok, a thunderbird, or a raven?
1954
[Caption] Mungo Martin . . . paints one of the two rear houseposts he has carved for his new house. Top figure is Ho'hoq, lower is a bear holding a child.
1964
Hohoq . . . is a very special spirit bird of the mountains. Sometimes he looks like a white owl; at other times he has an extraordinary long beak. Those who own him as guardian spirit are particularly skilled as sturgeon fishermen.
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