Glooscap

British  

/ ˈɡluːskæp /

noun

1. (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero

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Etymology

Origin of Glooscap

of Algonquian origin

Example Sentences

Wabanaki origin stories tell of the mythic hero Glooscap shooting an arrow into a brown ash tree, and the Wabanaki people pouring out into the world from the hole in the trunk.

From The Verge • Nov. 25, 2019

It is given much more imperfectly in the tale of Kitpooseagunow in the Rand manuscript, and in the Anglo-Indian "Storey of Glooscap."

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey

There were very many of these mythological personages," she says, "who were able to do things as wonderful as Glooscap, but they were not of his nature.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

The story of how Glooscap reduced the size of the animals.

From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

But Glooscap, the deity of the Micmacs," responded Mrs. Redmond,—"you remember that after the white men came to Minas, displeased with their teachings, he fled away, and has never been seen since.

From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah