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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa
A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiskedjak were taken down in the summer of 1913 from Benjamin Mackenzie of the Timiskaming band. He had learned them when a young man from Algonquins near Dumoine lake1 at the head of Dumoine river. These versions are also current at Timiskaming, as I found by testing a few incidents with other informants, who, however, knew only of fragments. These myths also are not considered entirely complete. The trickster-transformer Wiskedjak meat bird is the personified Canada Jay or Whisky Jack (Perisoreus sp.). He is not in the least altruistic, though he seems to have in mind some provision for the Indians, as appears more particularly in story number 4. For the most part his transformations are semi-accidental. It seems hardly worth while at the present time to comment in detail on the transformer concept here, as it is my intention to pursue investigations further in this general [2]area, in which the transformer appears under various titles. At Timagami, for instance, he is called Nenebuc or wiske; at Mattagami, he is Wemicuzehwa or Nenebuc. The name Wiskedjak and its variants seem to be more or less characteristic of the Algonquin bands, in which respect they resemble the Cree.2 A secondary hero personage here is Cigbis, the Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 66509
Author: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith)
Release Date: Oct 10, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
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