Glooscap

/ ˈɡluːskæp /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Glooscap¹

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

Blomidon, you remember, was the home of Glooscap, the deity of the Micmacs, and Minas Basin was his beaver pond.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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"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."

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

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