that the Alligator Effigy Mound in Granville, Ohio, represents the underwater panther. Lepper posits that early European settlers, when learning from Native Americans that the mound represented a fierce creature that lived in the water and ate people, mistakenly assumed that the Native Americans were referring to an alligator. In popular culture The Grimm episode "Mishipeshu" involves the possession of a young Native American by an underwater panther. See also Anishinaabe traditional beliefs Nguruvilu Piasa Horned Serpent Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Bunyip References Further reading External links American Museum of Natural History on Mishepishu Odawa twined bag with images of the Underwater Panther, NMAI Anishinaabe mythology Ojibwe legendary creatures Algonquian legendary creatures Lake Superior Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America Mythological felines Mythological hybrids Great Lakes tribal culture Native American religion Supernatural legends Water deities