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
The part of the above account, of the return of Glooscap and the destruction of the world, they say is true.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
Mrs. Brown insists, however, that the medicine man was not Glooscap.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
But Glooscap, who was stirring the pot of cooking food, held in his hand a great ladle.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
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
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