Achiyalatopa

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Achiyalatopa is a bird demon from the Zuni mythology , a tribe of the Pueblo Indians . The human-murdering demon appears in the form of a huge bird and instead of a feather wears a knife dress. It bears a certain resemblance to the bird of prey, which in Greek mythology gnawed at the liver of Prometheus for centuries and which was then freed by Heracles rather by chance.

See also

Zuñi (people)