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Flying Head
1923 illustration of a flying head by Jesse Cornplanter
GroupingLegendary creature
Sub groupingSpirit
Monster
Other name(s)Big Head
Mohawk: Kanontsistóntie's
Onondaga: Ganoñ’waeñ•dye’s
Kunenhrayenhnenh
Kwennenhrayenhnen
Konearaunehneh
Unenhrayenhnenh
Ko-nea-rau-neh-neh
Ro-nea-rau-yeh-ne
Seneca: Takwánö'ë:yët
CountryNew York, United States

The Flying Head (also known as Big Head or the Great Head) is a cannibalistic spirit from Iroquois and Wyandot mythology.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Hoffman 1839, pp. 31.
  2. ^ Abbatt 1906, pp. 282.
  3. ^ Coppée 1900, pp. 224.
  4. ^ Johnson 1881, pp. 54.
  5. ^ Cornplanter 1904, pp. 125.

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