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

"Perhaps you thought that I couldn't, but this is a Canadian poet, and later you must read more of the myths grouped around Glooscap."

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

As to that," said the serious Mr. Knight, "the Indians in Nova Scotia are much better off than in the days of Glooscap.

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

This is the same bird one of whose wings Glooscap once cut when it had used too much force.

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