Nanabozho
Anishinaabe · demigod · pre prophecy · demigod
The central culture-hero and trickster of the Anishinaabe. Completes creation by naming all things. Brother of Maudjee-kawiss, Pukawiss, Chibiabos, and Wabosso. The Wenabozho cycle is the longest sustained narrative tradition in Anishinaabe oral literature.
Parentage
Powers
- shapeshifting multi
- naming power
- wind mastery
- medicine knowledge
- trickster cunning
- Name the plants and animals
- Recreate the earth after the flood
- Transform his own shape
- Wield spirit-power
Epithets
- Nanabozho
Relations
- sibling: Maudjee-kawiss
- sibling: Pukawiss
- sibling: Chibiabos
- sibling: Wabosso
- sibling: Jiibayaabooz