Note 19a — SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS (continued 9)
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The expression, “one rib,” is intended to signify that there was only a single rib on each side, broad enough to occupy the space usually filled by the ordinary number of ribs in an animal body, in the carcass of this mysterious being. The same statement is also made of the Ganiagwaiʻhegōwa, the Monster Bear.