The Tie-Snake - Phenix City, AL
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N 32° 28.021 W 084° 59.940
16S E 688057 N 3593966
Indian belief about creatures in the nearby Chattahoochee River that led to some of the Uncle Remus children's stories.
Waymark Code: WMJVXD
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2014
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Marker text:
The Creek Indians believed this section of the river was inhabited by a giant Tie-Snake, a mythical monster that snared the unwary and dragged them down into the watery underworld. The Tie-Snake was but one of many strange creatures and natural forces featured in the myths and folk tales of the native people of this region. Among these were the Winds, the Thunder Helper, the Orphan, the Trickster Rabbit, and the Tarbaby. LaGrange lawyer W.O. Tuggle recorded many of these tales in the late 1800s. Joel Chandler Harris read Tuggle's collection, which formed part of the material out of which Harris fashioned his Uncle Remus stories.
Marker Name: The Tie-Snake
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by The Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Phenix City-Russell County Chamber of Commerce.
Also see: Legend of the Tie-Snakes: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v005/v005p391.html
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2004
Marker Number: Not Listed
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