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A Micmac Legend
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A long time ago, the Great Spirit who lived in the Happy Hunting Grounds created the universe and all life. The Wise One enjoyed his creation in the twinkling lights of thousands of stars, the sun and the many galaxies in the universe.
After creating the universe, the Great Spirit sat down to rest. Then he created Glooskap and gave him special spiritual and physical powers. He called Glooskap to share the sacred pipe and said, "Glooskap, I am going to create people in my own image. I will call them Micmac." |
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Creation Story - Glooscap
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The stories that the Mi'kmaq liked to tell the most were about Glooscap. Glooscap was said to be both a human being and a spirit. He lived on the earth before there were any Mi'kmaq. ..... |
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First People - A Collection of Micmac Legends
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65 different Mi'kmaq legends. A must see. |
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Fish-Hawk And Scapegrace
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Two men met and talked: one was Fish-Hawk, the other was Scapegrace. Now the Fish-Hawk can fly higher than any other ocean bird, and he is proud and particular as to his food; he is only beaten by the eagle. When he dives and takes a fish the eagle pursues him; he lets it drop; the great sagamore of the, birds catches it; but to less than the chief he yields nothing. But the Scapegrace will eat anything; he is heavy in flying; he is slow and of low degree.......... |
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Glooscap and His People
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In the Old Time, long before the White Man came, the Indians believed that every rock and river, every tree and bird and animal, possessed a spirit--and some spirits were good and some were evil. Around these spirits, which they pictured as giants and wizards and magical animals, the Indians invented marvellous stories called "atookwakuns," or wonder tales. They tell these stories to amuse the children, even to this day, and the stories the children love best are the stories of Glooscap and his People. |
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Glooscap
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Chief William Paul, Shubenacadie Speech about Glooscap's Advice. Live audio recording. |
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How Glooskap Sang Through the Rapids and Found a New Home
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As time went on, Glooskap grew weary of saving people from nasty creatures and listening to their woes. He loved people, but did not wish to live around them all the time. "I want to be only as tall as any Indian man," he decided. "I want a secluded house by a river, where I can live in peace and quiet, well away from the troubles of the world." |
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Little People
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Geow-lud-mo-sis-eg are sort of magical little beings, something like the Leprechauns of Ireland, who appear to certain people at certain times in certain places in many Native communities. |
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Mi'kmaq Creation Story
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6 short legends. |
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Mi'kmaq Indian Cinderella
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The 19th-century Mik'maq storyteller turned Perrault's "Cinderella" told by some French Acadian into something quite different. This was one of many Mik'maq stories collected in the mid-19th century by Silas T. Rand, a Baptist missionary (among the mostly fully Catholicized Mik'maqs) at Hants Port, Nova Scotia. |
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Micmac Creation Story
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This story has been passed down from generation to generation since time immemorial and it explains how Micmac people came into existence in North America.
The story tells about the relationship between the Great Spirit Creator and Human Beings and the Environment. It also explains a philosophical view of life which is indigenous to North America. This way of thinking is evident in the Native Languages and Cultures and in the spiritual practices........ |
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Newfoundland in the Glooscap Myth of the Nova Scotian Micmac
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Three legends including Glooscap:
A Wizard Carries Off Glooscap's Housekeeper
Glooscap and the Beaver: How Glooscap formed Nova Scotia
Glooskap Transforms Two Girls |
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Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host
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Many native American tribes have legends in which various animals display their ways and means of obtaining food from others, sometimes using trickster methods. They return meal invitations and even attempt to provide food of a similar nature and in the manner of the previous host. Sometimes, this leads to trouble. |
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The Glooscap Legends
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Short stories of Glooscap titled:
The Legend of the Tidal Bore
The Rocks At Hopewell Cape
The Creation of Squaw's Cap
Isle Haute
The Tides of the Bay |
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Mi'kmaq Spirit
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Simply stated, this site was created in order to give people a reliable place to find accurate information about the Mi'kmaw people and their culture, their history, and their spirituality.
In our experience, there are many misconceptions about First Nations people in general, and about the Mi'kmaq in particular. Many people today are seeking answers to their spiritual questions, or looking for something to fill a void in their lives, and are turning to Aboriginal beliefs and practices in an attempt to find these things. This has led to a romanticized view of the "noble savage" living an idyllic existence in peace and harmony with nature and communing regularly with the spirits. There is also a tendency for people to think that what applies to one Aboriginal culture applies to all, even if those cultures developed on different continents! |
