Gluskab
deity Wabanaki single tradition · 2
Gluskab was created from the dust of Tabaldak's hand, according to some versions of the legend. Tabaldak gave Gluskab the power to create a good world. Gluskab protects man.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 CE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First widely circulated in the 19th century by Charles Leland.
Relationships
- created by
- Tabaldak
- enemy of
- Malsumis
- co occurs with
- Jiibayaabooz, Wiininwaa, E-bangishimog, Majiikiwis
- child of
- Tabaldak
- student of
- Mateguas
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“the dust from his hand created Gluskab and some versions say that he also created Gluskab's twin brother, Malsumis. Tabaldak gave Gluskab the power to create a good world. Gluskab protects man”
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“Among the Abenakis, Mateguas from the dead taught his living brother Gluskab the rites and ceremonies of vision quests and purification ceremonies to comfort his grieving brother. This became the core of the Midewiwin rituals that Gluskab then passed on to the humans.”
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