Tales from the Hoh and Quileute  From: Reagan, Albert, and
L.V.W. Walters, 1933, "Tales from the Hoh and Quileute", Journal
of American Folklore, V. XLVI, pp. 297-346.  (Neah bay Indians
believe that the lightning is caused by two monstrous feathered
snakes which dart out from under Thunderbird's breast when he
flies forth in anger.)  When it is stormy weather the
thunderbird flies through the skies. He is of monstrous size.
When he opens and shut his eyes, he makes the lightning. The
flapping of his wings makes the thunder and the great winds.
Thunderbird keeps his meat in a dark hole under the glacier at
the foot of the Olympic glacial field. This is his home. When he
moves about in there, he makes the noise there under the ice.
(Told by Frank Bennett. A Hoh myth A. B. R.)  Some men were
hunting on the Hoh mountains. They found a hole in the side of
the mountain. They said, "This is thunderbird's home. This is a
supernatural place." Whenever they walked close to the hole they
approached his place. He did n