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An Ayahos (Lushootseed: ʔayahus; spelled variously in English as A'yahos, Ayahus, Aiyahus) is a spirit power in the traditional religion of the Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound. A rock near the Fauntleroy ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington is associated with the Ayahus. The Ayahos is a "malevolent and dangerous" spirit, capable of shapeshifting, who sometimes appears in a two-headed serpent form, who is associated with other earthquake-related areas like landslides near the Seattle Fault.

LIDAR imagery of the Seattle area revealed a previously unknown landslide in the Fauntleroy area. Another area associated with the Ayahos near Mercer Island could be related to the Lake Washington sunken forests, caused by landslides triggered by a Seattle Fault event around 900 CE.

References

1. Buerge, D. M. (March 6, 1985), "Lost Seattle, our shameful neglect of a rich archeological past", Seattle Weekly
2. Fauntleroy, Southwest Seattle Historical Society, retrieved 2015-07-05
3. Ron Richardson (March 22, 2002), "Fauntleroy thumbnail history", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
4. ^ R. S. Ludwin; C. P. Thrush; K. James; D. Buerge; C. Jonientz-Trisler; J. Rasmussen; K. Troost; A. de los Angeles (July 2005), "Serpent Spirit-power Stories along the Seattle Fault", Seismological Research Letters, 76 (4): 426–431, Bibcode:2005SeiRL..76..426L, doi:10.1785/gssrl.76.4.426
5. True, Kathryn; Dolan, Maria (2003), Nature in the City Seattle, The Mountaineers Books, p. 185, ISBN 9780898868791
6. ^ Piccardi, Luigi; Masse, W. Bruce (2007), "Folklore and earthquakes: Native American oral traditions from Cascadia compared with written traditions from Japan", Myth and Geology, vol. 273, London: Geological Society, pp. 67–94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.07, ISBN 9781862392168, S2CID 130713882
7. Yeates, Robert S. (2004), "Ghost Forests, Raised Shorelines, and the Seattle Fault" (PDF), Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest (Second ed.), Oregon State University Press, pp. 109–118, ISBN 0-87071-024-9
8. Vince Stricherz (July 11, 2005), "Native lore tells the tale: There's been a whole lotta shakin' goin' on", UW Today, University of Washington
9. David Bressan (October 28, 2012), "An Essential Field Guide to North American Earthquake Beasts", History of Geology, Scientific American blogs

External links

• Media related to Fauntleroy ferry terminal at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound
Lushootseed language	Grammar Lushootseed grammar Dialects Northern Southern
Culture	Salishan oral narratives dukʷibəɬ Transformer/Changer Spirit Powers Ayahos
Peoples	Northern peoples Skagit Swinomish Nuwhaha Kikiallus Sauk Stillaguamish Snohomish Southern peoples Skykomish Snoqualmie Shilshole Duwamish Sammamish Suquamish Puyallup Steilacoom Nisqually Sahewamish
Federally recognized tribes	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes of Washington Suquamish Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe of Indians Nisqually Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe
Reservations	Swinomish Indian Reservation Port Madison Indian Reservation Nisqually Reservation
Non-recognized groups	Duwamish Tribe Steilacoom Tribe

47°31′22″N 122°23′40″W / 47.52270°N 122.39431°W / 47.52270; -122.39431 (Psai-Yah-hus)

• Sacred rocks
• Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America
• Rock formations of Seattle
• Coast Salish culture