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Tabaldak gave Gluskab the power to create a good world. Malsumis, on the other hand, did the opposite, and still seeks evil to this day. While he and Gluskab both had the power to do good, Malsumis used his power for evil and trickery, like putting thorns on plants. Gluskab protects man, but Malsumis uses his power to plot the end of man to ...
Glooscap turning man into a cedar tree. Scraping on birchbark by Tomah Joseph 1884. Glooscap (variant forms and spellings Gluskabe, Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a legendary figure of the Wabanaki peoples, native peoples located in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Atlantic Canada.
In some versions of his story, Gluskab is noted as being the twin of Malsum or Malsumis, a more malevolent being that seeks to make life harder for humans rather than easier. However, there is some doubt of whether this version actually comes from Abenaki mythology or if it is a misattributed Iroquois tale, as there exists only one known source ...
Gluskab: Kind protector of humanity Malsumis: Cruel, evil god Pamola: Bird spirit; causes cold weather Tabaldak: The creator Blackfoot: Apistotookii: Creator [1] Napi: Trickster [1] Cahuilla: Tahquitz: Creator, death, or evil. Haida: Ta'xet: God of violent death [2] Tia: Goddess of peaceful death [2] Ho-Chunk: Red Horn 'He Who Wears (Human ...
Malsumis is the most common brother used by folklorists but sometimes his brother is Mikumwesu, Mateguas, or Marten. In Mi'kmaq legends, Marten (or Apistanewj) is Gluskab's adopted brother and can shift back and forth between his human form and the form of a type of weasel which was considered sacred by some Mi'kmaq bands.
Gluskap and Malsumis - A cultural hero and its evil twin brother for the Wabanaki peoples. Hahgwehdiyu and Hahgwehdaetgah - Sons of either Iroquois sky goddess Atahensic [8] or her daughter Tekawerahkwa. [9] Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé and Yolkai Estsan - Navajo goddesses. [8] Monster Slayer and Born-for-Water - Navajo Hero Twins. [8]
Glooscap and Malsumis (American Indian) Helen and Clytemnestra ; Heracles and Iphicles ; Iasus and Pelasgus ; Hunahpu and Xbalanque ; Hypnos/Somnus and Thanatos/Mors, Letum - Lakshmana and Shatrughna ; Lava and Kusha ; Lycastus and Parrhasius ; Manawydan and Brân ; Nakula and Sahadeva
Canoe of Gluskab, able to expand so it could hold an army, or shrink to fit in the palm of your hand. ( Abenaki mythology ) Canoe of Māui , it became the South Island of New Zealand.