Monday, October 29, 2018

Somewhere in New Hampshire

Re-drawing a Snake image from an old post,
 - which was originally stolen from: 
 I see the suggestion of the Supraocular, 
and then try out some horns:

Forward of the "Horn Rest" sometimes is often the most suspected spot, you could still put a "jewel" on the top of it instead, I suppose...

The Guarding Serpent, in many stories, often needs a little gift before allowing a person into a certain space within a Snake Qusukqaniyutôk:
(‘stone row, enclosure’ Harris and Robinson, 2015:140, ‘fence that crosses back’ viz. qussuk, ‘stone,’ Nipmuc or quski, quskaca, ‘returning, crosses over,’ qaqi, ‘runs,’ pumiyotôk, ‘fence, wall,’ Mohegan, Mohegan Nation 2004:145, 95, 129) wall (outdoor), fence, NI – pumiyotôk plural pumiyotôkansh.):
 Sometimes people neglecting to do so are sometimes "eaten."
Guarding a certain space, the Great Snake waits for a tobacco offering. Perhaps a person would step over the low stone all the way to the right to gather something, perhaps a fire would be set to tend this stone garden, renew this Sacred Space...
Name: Gitaskog
Tribal affiliation: AbenakiPenobscot
Alternate spellings: Gtaskog, Kitaskog, Kita-skog, Keeta-skog, Gitaskog, Giciskog, Gichi-skog, Gitaskogak (plural form)
Pronunciation: gee-tah-skog
Also known as: Msaskog, Msa-skog, Tatoskog, Tatoskok, Pita-skog, Peeta-skog, Peetaskog
Type: Lake monsterserpent
Related figures in other tribes: Kci-Athussos (Maliseet), Jipijka'm (Micmac), Kichiginebig (Anishinabe), Maneto (Fox)
Gitaskog or Tatoskok is an underwater horned serpent, common to the legends of most Algonquian tribes. Gitaskog is said to lurk in lakes and eat humans. All of its names are variants on the meaning "great serpent" or "big serpent."

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