Looking for the name of a creature in Native American folklore?

it is supposed to be like a giant white island that beckons people onto its shore then sinks killing the tresspassers.

Looking for the name of a creature in Native American folklore?
What you're describing is Greek mythology.


"A supposed sea-monster of vast size, said to have been seen off the coast of Norway and on the North American coasts. It was first described (1750) by Pontoppidan. Pliny speaks of a sea-monster in the Straits of Gibraltar, which blocked the entrance of ships."
Reply:I've heard about this beast under the name of the Kraken and Leviathan, but not in Native American mythology.
Reply:I have not heard of that in Native American lore.





I know that in sailor lore it is a popular myth.


The two most common interpretations have been that it was a whale, or a type of mirage common on the cold ocean areas that can cause land masses appear to be only a short distance away when they are hundreds of miles away.





Also, the Irish legend of the Pooka is about a creature that looks like a horse but actually is a malevolent fairy that takes the foolish riders to a water death in a nearby lake.
Reply:No, it's Moby Dick : P
Reply:WASNT THIS THE HARPIES?