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Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Horned Serpent
Indigenous North American
Region
Eastern Woodlands, Southeast & Plains of North America
Era
Living oral traditions with Mississippian-era roots
Collection note
WDD-NAM-001
Across many Indigenous nations of North America, horned serpents belong to powerful waters rather than distant skies - known as Uktena to the Cherokee, Unktehi to the Dakota, and by other names to other nations. These are distinct nation-specific beings, not one shared myth, appearing in rivers, deep lakes, and storm-haunted places where awe, warning, and spiritual force meet.
Role
Powerful water-being carrying both danger and sacred medicine
Catalog no.
WDD-NAM-001
Series
Atlas Archive
In North America, serpent power rises from waters, weather, and sacred caution.
Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Horned Serpent
Indigenous North American
Region
Eastern Woodlands, Southeast & Plains of North America
Era
Living oral traditions with Mississippian-era roots
Collection note
WDD-NAM-001
Across many Indigenous nations of North America, horned serpents belong to powerful waters rather than distant skies - known as Uktena to the Cherokee, Unktehi to the Dakota, and by other names to other nations. These are distinct nation-specific beings, not one shared myth, appearing in rivers, deep lakes, and storm-haunted places where awe, warning, and spiritual force meet.
Role
Powerful water-being carrying both danger and sacred medicine
Catalog no.
WDD-NAM-001
Series
Atlas Archive
In North America, serpent power rises from waters, weather, and sacred caution.