The Cherokee name for Chimney Tops is Duniskwalgunyi, or forked antler, referring to its resemblance to the deer antlers. In the Cherokee legend Aganunitsi and the Uktena, the captured medicine man, Aganunitsi, to free himself, searches remote parts of the Smokies to find the giant reptile, the Uktena, and seize an amulet from its forehead. In his quest, Aganunitsi searches distant gaps and peaks in the Smokies before going to Duniskwalgunyi, the Gap of the Forked Antler, and to the lake of Atagahi, and at each found monstrous reptiles.