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The ThunderDance Story

The Thunder were envisaged as seven old men with vast supernatural powers. They are the heavenly analogue of the Earthly False face work for the human beings. Both of the factions are called Grandfathers (Iethisotha). ‍ According to old stories shared to us by the people who have passed on to the spirit world, we were told that at one time, there was a snake that roamed our territories and it could not be killed by the Thunderers who had the duty of controlling them. The Thunderers asked for the help of a mortal, who name was Hawena his (his voice amongst them) who was instructed to shoot the snake at the red spot near the ear. He shot 12 willow (oldest medicine on Earth) and killed the snake. He was taken by the Thunderers to be one of their numbers. He alone has a name because he was a mortal and he came from Earth. When you hear thunder and there is a loud crack, that is whom we hear. The Thunderers control the vermin and dangerous beasts below the ground and above the Earth they control the rain, windstorm and the many diseases. ‍ The duty of the Thunderers is to travel about the Earth, watering the plants and other forms of life as they go. They control the windstorms, and continue to fulfill their duty of restraining the pestilential animals, both natural and supernatural. They are also in charge of keeping the monstrous beings under the ground, because if they were to surface they would cause injury to lots of people.