Glooscap
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Glooscap
of Algonquian origin
Example Sentences
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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
Blomidon, you remember, was the home of Glooscap, the deity of the Micmacs, and Minas Basin was his beaver pond.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
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
In another story the father of Glooscap is mentioned as a being who lives under a great fall of water down in the earth.
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
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