Pamola (also known as Pamolai, P-mol-a, Pomola, and Bmola) is a legendary bird spirit that appears in Abenaki mythology. This spirit causes cold weather. Specifically, according to the Penobscot tribal nation, [1] Pamola inhabited Katahdin, the tallest mountain in Maine. Pamola is said to be the thunder god and protector of

2022年10月28日 · Centuries of Penobscot legend describe Pamola as hideous and birdlike, with spindly legs, long arms, a sharp beak, and a violent temperament that demands respect for it and the mountain it...

2011年7月7日 · Pamola is not just a floating head, as in many other sources, he has the body of a man, the head of a moose, and the wings and talons of a bird. Also, he does not wander, but is super happy to inhabit Mt. Katahdin as his home.

2019年4月25日 · In ancient beliefs of these people, Pamola (means: "he curses on the mountain") is said to be the God of Thunder and guardian of Mt Katahdin (“The Greatest Mountain”), the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at 5,267 feet (1,605 m). The bird-like creature lived on the summit of Katahdin and was responsible for cold weather.

Pamola put the Indian on his shoulders, bid him close the eyes, and in few moments, with a noise like the whistling of a powerful wind, they were inside of the mountain.

Pamola - a bird and night spirit who takes prisoners to Alomkik, near Mt. Katahdin and causes cold weather; Psônen "Snow-Bringer" - an eagle-spirit that makes snow by opening his wings; Padôgiyik "Thunders" - seven white-skinned, golden-haired brothers, half-human and half-bird, former inhabitants of Lake Champlain, war-like, thunder and ...

PAMOLA: The Penobscot Indians believed that a spirit, called Pamola resided, during the summer season, on the top of Katahdin — “the greatest of mountains”. Read this 1866 version of the legend written by Brother Eugene Vetromile who worked for 25 years on a dictionary of the Abenaki language.

2017年8月23日 · Pamola lives atop the crest of the most precarious mountain feature in New England: the Knife Edge. He’s known to be the primary source for foul weather when it arrives. And when it comes, it stays.

2023年11月25日 · Pamola, Mount Katahdin’s formidable guardian, represents the sacred interplay between awe and fear, protection and nature’s untamed heart. Stemming from Penobscot origins, this mythical creature with the head of a moose, body of a man, and eagle’s wings has become an emblem of the mountain’s raw …

Information and legends about the Native American mythological figure Pomola, Pamola, or Bemola, the legendary wind bird spirit of Mount Katahdin.