machinitou

Updated: May 5, 2025

All the manitoes fled with fear, and the image came forth with a great noise and most terrible to behold. Its life had grown strong within it, for the fire had made it very fierce. Everything fled before it and cried "Machinitou! machinitou," which means a god, but an evil god.

Anonymous - Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian