Glooscap

[< Algonk.]

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a legendary demi-god of the Micmacs, Malecites, and kindred Indian tribes, revered as a mighty warrior and magician.

1887

All these groups have the same legends, and honour the same mythical personages, Glooscap, Mikwumpwees, etc., though under different names.

1891

Such a one was Glooscap, the saviour of the Milicetes, and who, I think, was also venerated as such by the Micmacs.

1963

The third such book is Glooscap and his magic, legends of the Wabanaki Indians of Nova Scotia, which Haligonian Kay Hill found on her own doorstep.