Mateguas
Wabanaki · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Rabbit, brother of Gluskap in Abenaki tradition; a grave figure (not the trickster of other tribes). After his death he becomes ruler of the land of the dead and, from beyond the grave, gives his grieving brother spiritual guidance and ceremonies.
Domains
- the dead
Powers
- Rule the land of the dead after his own death
- Send wisdom and rites to his brother from beyond the grave
- Rule the land of the dead and send rites to the living
Relations
- sibling: GluskapReciprocal of wabanaki_gluskap.sibling — Rabbit, Gluskap's brother in Abenaki tradition; after death he rules the land of the dead and sends his grieving brother knowledge from beyond.Abenaki tradition; cf. Leland (1884) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Leland, The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884) (secondary)