An otter, rather larger than any I've seen at home, performed to us on a sandbank, danced, and rolled over its own shadow, or possibly a fish, in apparent exuberance of spirit.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
In the way of trade, they are not sufficiently on the sea for the sea-otter, nor near enough the mountains for other fur-bearing animals.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
As previously stated, the natoas ritual in the sun dance has for its mythical basis the Elk-woman and the Woman-who-married-a-star, though Scar-face, Cuts-wood, otter-woman, and Scabby-round-robe are said to have made minor contributions.
"The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians"
Clark Wissler