Loowit the Volcano God
Loowit was the name for the volcano god who was said to reside on Mount Saint Helens volcano and was worshipped by Native Americans.
The name Louwala-Clough means "smoking mountain" and legend has it that the mountain was once a pretty maiden called Loowit. Loowit had two suitors, Wyeast and Klickitat, and she could not decide between them. The two men fought over her, burning forests as they did so. This angered the Great Spirit Sahale - he smote all three of them and created a mountain where each of them fell. Because Loowit was beautiful, her mountain (Mount St Helens) was beautiful and snow-covered; the mountain of Wyeast (Mount Hood) stands tall and proud, but the mountain of Klickitat (Mount Adams) seems to bend its head, as if sorrowing over seeing the beautiful maiden covered in snow. Source.
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