Gluskap
Wabanaki · demigod · mythic · demigod
Great Wabanaki culture-hero and transformer, made by the creator Tabaldak from the dust of his hand; shapes the land, slays his evil wolf-twin Malsum, releases the waters, tames monsters, and at last leaves the people by canoe, promising to return. Recorded first by Rand among the Mi'kmaq and by Leland among the Wabanaki.
Parentage
Domains
- culture hero
- transformation
Powers
- Slay his wolf-brother Malsum with a fern-root
- Shape the land, raising mountains and islands by his deeds
- Free the world's waters by killing the giant frog Aglebemu
- Subdue giants, sorcerers, and monstrous beasts of the first age
- Give the people fire, tobacco, nets and canoes
Epithets
- Gluskap