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Native American Legends: Atlantow
Name: Atlantow
Tribal affiliation: Mohican,
Wappinger
Pronunciation: at-lan-toh
Type: Antagonist,
evil spirit,
death
Related figures in other tribes: Matanto (Lenape),
Hobomok (Wampanoag),
Oki (Powhatan)
The manitow (spirit) of death. A destructive, often evil being usually in opposition to
Waunthut Mennitoow.
After the introduction of Christianity, Mohican people
frequently identified Atlantow with the Devil.
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