Glooscap, the culture hero, transformer of the Eastern Woodlands Indigenous people. Huge in size and powers, Glooscap is said to have created natural features such as the Annapolis Valley, in the process often having to overcome his evil twin brother who wanted rivers to be crooked and mountains impassable. Glooscap slept across NS, using as his pillow PEI, known to the Indigenous people as Abegweit, meaning "Cradled on the Waves."
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- Carpenter, Carole H.. "Glooscap". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/glooscap. Accessed 05 November 2024.
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- Carpenter, C. (2015). Glooscap. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/glooscap
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- Carpenter, Carole H.. "Glooscap." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published September 09, 2012; Last Edited March 04, 2015.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Glooscap," by Carole H. Carpenter, Accessed November 05, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/glooscap
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Glooscap
Article by Carole H. Carpenter
Published Online September 9, 2012
Last Edited March 4, 2015