| Áyhus |
 Ayhus, the double-headed serpent The Sliammon name for Savary. It means "double-headed serpent." (Source: BC Geographical names s.v. Savary Island) Notes 1. "Looking at Savary Island on a map or from the air, one can see that this island is, indeed, shaped like a double-headed serpent! It is said that when the Transformer came around, a double-headed serpent was trying to return to his cave on Hurtado Point. However, the Transformer changed this creature into the island before it had a chance to get home." (Source: Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands, Dorothy Kennedy & Randy Bouchard, BCILP; Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1983) |
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