thunder bird
Legendary storm creator
Thunderbird is a supernatural creature in Indigenous North American mythology, an enormous bird whose wingbeats create thunder and whose eyes flash lightning.
The concept varies among tribes but generally represents great power and spiritual significance.
The term extends to various modern uses—a classic Ford car, an email client, a casino—trading on associations with power and speed.
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
eagle · wings · feathers · sky · totem · spirit · spirit animal · legend · Ford · classic car · muscle car · V8 · convertible · automobile · hood ornament · soaring · powerful · sacred
- Australian fossils
- Weather Spiritswind spirit, rain god, storm god, wind god, Thor
- Australian Prehistorythylacine, Tasmanian tiger, giant kangaroo, giant lizard, giant snake
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters
thunder birdsea serpent
Legendary aquatic monster
water spirit · water serpent · burrowing animal · Leviathan · phoenix
thunder birdbald eagle
White-headed North American raptor
golden eagle · condor · pigeon · crow · robin
thunder, bird, thunders, thundered, thundering, thunderous, thunderously, thunderbolt, thunderclap