NettetThe Legend of the Piasa Bird. The Piasa Bird (pronounced Pie-a-saw), is a local legend in the Alton area. Its foundings go back to 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette … Nettet19. jul. 2024 · This stream is the Piasa (pronounced Pi-a-saw). Its name is Indian, and signifies, in the Illini language, 'the bird that devours men'" The Piasa doesn't look like any bird I ever saw. John Russell also invented a story about the Piasa attacking a village and being slain by a chief named Ouatago.
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Nettet17. mar. 2015 · “The Piasa” means a bird that devours men, in Illini Indian words. The legend passed on says the Piasa Bird could carry off animals as large as full sized deer, but preferred humans. The... Nettet30. aug. 2015 · The legend states that the bird was of such dimensions that it could carry away a full-grown deer in its talons, and that once it obtained a taste for human flesh, it would eat nothing else. The creature the two men saw had a young man gripped in its claws and it carried him away and out of sight. connor barleben
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NettetTHE LEGEND OF THE PIASA BIRD by Wayne Bednersh The sterling art deco spoon depicts a cutout version of a strange winged monster in the finial which is identified as "THE PIASA BIRD". The front of the handle is embossed "Alton Ill (Illinois)". The spoon is tea sized and has a manufacturer mark which I have not been able to identify. NettetThe History of the Piasa Bird. The Piasa Bird (pronounced Pie-a-saw), is a local legend in the Alton, Illinois area. Its foundings go back to 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette, in recording his famous journey down the Mississippi River with Louis Joliet, described the Piasa as a birdlike monster painted high on the bluffs along the Mississippi River, … edith mcbean