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	Nanabozho
		In Potawatouni and cognate tradition Nanabozho is the eldest of male quadruplets, the beloved Chipiapoos being tine second, Wabosbo the third, and Chakekenapok the fourth.
		Nanabozho, who was immune to the effects of adverse orenda and from whose knowledge nothing was barred, knew their snares and devices and hence eluded and avoided them.
		Nanabozho placed lesser humanized beings, dominantly bird-like in form, whose voices are the thunder and the flashing of whose eyes is the lightning, and to whom offerings of tobacco are made when their voices are loud and menacing.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/history/nanabozho.htm (2832 words)

	Nanabozho Indian story of the creation - Canadian History
		Nanabozho is apparently the impersonation of life, the active quickening power of life — of life manifested and embodied in the myriad forms of sentient and physical nature.
		In Potawatomi and cognate tradition Nanabozho is the eldest of male quadruplets, the beloved Chipiapoos being the second, Wabosbo the third, and Chakekenapok the fourth.
		Nanabozho, who was immune to the effects of adverse orenda and from whose knowledge nothing was barred, knew their snares and devices and hence eluded and avoided them.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/NanabozhoIndianstoryofthecreation.htm (2944 words)

	Nanabozho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nanabozho (also known as Big-Rabbit, Great-Hare, Great-Rabbit, Manabozo, Manibozho, Nanabush, Nanabozo, Nanabojo, Nanabijou, Winabozho, Wenabozho, or Wisaaka) is a spirit in Ojibwe mythology, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation.
		Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies).
		Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nanabozho (184 words)

	Nanabozho (Native American god)
		History: (Native American Myths)- Nanabozho is the son of Gaoh, the old wind god and Awenhai, the earth goddess.
		Indirectly establishing his brother as the positive force of the universe, Nanabozho became Coyote, a Native American Name for "Trickster." Manabozho became the Manitou and ruler of the Native American Gods.
		Nanabozho's history is outlined and pieced together from Algonquin, Iroquois, Micmac and Chippewa sources as well as presented in a likely Marvel Comics scenario.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/nanabozh.htm (604 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nanabozho
		In Ojibwe mythology, Nanabozho (also known by a variety of other names and spellings, including Nanabush, Wenabozho, Manabozho, and Nanabojo) is a spirit, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation.
		Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies).
		Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Nanabozho (223 words)

	Great Serpent and the Great Flood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nanabozho (Nuna-bozo, accented on bozo) was the hero of many stories told by the Chippewa Indians.
		Nanabozho could hardly keep from crying aloud, for the tail of the monster prickled his sides.
		Nanabozho continued his flight along the base of the western hills and then up a high mountain beyond Lake Superior, far to the north.
	www.homestead.com /opossumsally/flood.html (1198 words)

	IN HEAT SCENTS, Great Serpent and the Great Flood - Native American Lore
		Nanabozho could hardly keep from crying aloud, for the tail of the monster prickled his sides.
		From the stump, Nanabozho watched until all the serpents were asleep and the guard was intently looking in another direction.
		Nanabozho continued his flight along the base of the western hills and then up a high mountain beyond Lake Superior, far to the north.
	www.inheatscents.net /serpent-flood.html (1185 words)

	Great Serpent and the Great Flood
		Nanabozho (Nuna-bozo, accented on bozo) was the hero of many stories told by the Chippewa Indians.
		Nanabozho could hardly keep from crying aloud, for the tail of the monster prickled his sides.
		Nanabozho continued his flight along the base of the western hills and then up a high mountain beyond Lake Superior, far to the north.
	www.indians.org /welker/greatflo.htm (1152 words)

	American Passages - Unit 1. Native Voices: Authors
		In addition to Pau-Puk-Keewis, the Chippewa gambler, windigos, Nanabozho (the Chippewa cultural hero/trickster), and the underwater manito—all manitos from the Chippewa oral tradition—appear in Erdrich's work.
		Nanabozho was important to Chippewas as hunters, and he helped Chippewa culture.
		Critics have argued that Erdrich's character Gerry Morrisey is based both on this trickster/ cultural hero (hence his supernatural ability to escape) and on Leonard Peltier—the Chippewa hero and activist.
	www.learner.org /amerpass/unit01/authors-2.html (587 words)

	What about the sweetheart?: The "Different Shape" of Anishinabe Two Sisters Stories in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine ...
		For example, June Kashpaw dies in the opening scene of Love Medicine but appears as a ghost in The Bingo Palace; the scene of her death is retold from a different point of view as the opening of Tales of Burning Love.
		Like the "tricky Nanabozho" (LM 236), the trickster and culture hero of the Anishinabe about whom innumerable stories are told, Oshkikwe and Matchikwewis appear and reappear in cycles of stories.
		Like certain transgressions of Nanabozho the trickster, her violation of this taboo has both negative and positive consequences: she loses her job as a college professor, which harms her financially, but also "set[s] her free," in her words, to research a book on Sister Leopolda and ultimately to reconnect with Jack.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-59211509.html (6648 words)

	Dragons: Myths from the Americas
		Nanabozho was the main character in many of the myths told by the Chippewa Indians, who once lived on the shores of Lake Superior, the setting of this story:
		One day Nanabozho came home to find that his young cousin was missing. Searching for tracks he found the trail of the Great Serpent. The serpent must have taken his cousin.
		Nanabozho found a spot near the trees, transformed himself into a tree stump and waited. The sun burned fiercely. After some time the water in the lake began to simmer. Some small serpents came up to the surface. They looked around for Nanabozho but couldn’t see him.
	www.survive2012.com /dragon_myths_3.php (1172 words)

	Great Serpent and the Great Flood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Looking around on the sand for tracks, Nanabozho was startled by the trail of the Great Serpent.
		Both listened for the footsteps of Nanabozho, but they heard him nowhere.
		So great was their number that they soon covered the shores of the lake.
	www.opossumsal.com /flood.html (1198 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He is this life struggling with the many forms of want, misfortune, and death that come to the bodies and beings of nature." The true character of this concept has been misconceived.
		Comparison is made between the Chippewa Nanabozho and the Iroquois Te'horo^'hiawa'k'ho11, showing that they are nearly identical.
		"In Potawatomi and cognate tradition Nanabozho is the eldest of male quadruplets, the beloved Chipiapoos being the second, Wabosso the third, and Chakekenapok the fourth.
	memory.loc.gov /service/gc/gcmisc/gcfr/0028/02860284.txt (273 words)

	nanabozho
		Now that they were no longer able to hunt, Nanabozho had built them a wigwam in which to live, and brought them a portion of whatever he caught.
		Nokomis had made a rope of cedar fibers, which she fastened, from tree to tree, leading from the old men’s wigwam to the edge of the lake.
		The angry Nanabozho was determined to put an end to the animal's teasing once and for all.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~deveryf/the%20Raccoon.html (850 words)

	b4
		More than a century ago the serpent was considered to be "a genuine spirit of evil." Some version of the story of the Great Flood of long ago, as recounted here, is told around the world.
		Nanabozho (Nuna-bozo, accented on bozo) was the hero of many stories told by the Chippewa Indians.
		At one time they lived on the shores of Lake Superior, in what are now the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin and the province of Ontario.
	www.geocities.com /opzel57/b4.html (1220 words)

	Nanabozho and the Raccoon
		Nanabozho built his new wigwam at the foot of Thunder Bird Mountain.
		Now that they were no longer able to hunt, Nanabozho had built them a wigwam in which to live, and brought them a portion of whatever he caught.
		The angry Nanabozho was determined to put an end to the animal's teasing once and for all.
	www.cqsb.qc.ca /svs/434/fnrac.htm (880 words)

	Island Lore:
		The sky person, according to legend, came down from the sky on a beam of starlight and released her from the rock.
		All of the braves asked for wishes that Nanabozho willingly granted, except for one, the brave who asked to live forever.
		Nanabozho told the brave that the ability to live forever was something reserved only for the gods, but as much as he hated to grant the wish, he did.
	www.mackinacislandnews.com /news/2005/0603/News/031.html (710 words)

	The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares, by Terri Windling: Summer 2005, Journal of Mythic Arts, Endicott Studio
		Nanabozho (or Manabozho) the Great Hare, for instance, is a powerful figure found in the tales of the Algonquin, Fox, Menoimini, Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Winnebago tribes.
		In some stories, Nanabozho is a revered culture hero — creator of the earth, benefactor of humankind, the bringer of light and fire, and teacher of sacred rituals.
		In Potawatomi myth, Wabosso is the Great White Hare (and the younger brother of Nanabozho) who travels north to become the greatest of magicians among the supernaturals.
	www.endicott-studio.com /rdrm/rrRabbits3.html (753 words)

	Civilization.ca - First Peoples of Canada - Our Origins, Wealth of Stories
		The Anishnaabe origin story features Nanabozho camped on the bank of a river, when the waters rose slowly and steadily, forcing him to retreat.
		Before the water covered what remained of the mountain that he stood on, Nanabozho caught two logs to form a crude raft.
		Rather it was the least of their kin, the muskrat, who dove and brought back the small bit of soil.
	www.warmuseum.ca /aborig/fp/fpz2f30e.html (283 words)

	Nanabozho - Definition, explanation
		Nanabozho (also known as Nanabush, Nanabozo, Winabozho, or Wenabozho) is a spirit in Chippewa mythology.
		He is said to be the son of Gaoh, the old god of the west wind, or merely of a human father.
		Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/na/nanabozho.php (134 words)

	The legend of 'Nanabozho' - Monsters, Myths and Mystery: Great Canadian Legends - CBC Archives
		This is the story of Nokomis, her daughter Winona, and Winona's son Nanabozho.
		One rationale for this held that the spirits did not appreciate being discussed, and that it was safe only to tell stories about them in the winter when they were far away.
		• Sometime in the 20th century Nanabozho's persona changed and he became a trickster figure who often took the form of a hare.
	archives.cbc.ca /400d.asp?id=1-69-1462-9703&wm6=1 (424 words)

	United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya nation offering tribal handmade traditional Red Cedar and Hickory wood longbows.
		So Nanabozho took some branches from the hawthorn tree and peeled off the bark until they were white.
		Then he put some clay on the back of Porcupine, stuck the thorns in it, and made the whole a part of his skin.
		Porcupine obeyed, and Nanabozho hid himself behind a tree.
	www.ucan-online.org /legend.asp?legend=1125&category=7 (244 words)

	Civilization.ca - First Peoples of Canada - Our Origins, Wealth of Stories
		The Anishnaabe origin story features Nanabozho camped on the bank of a river, when the waters rose slowly and steadily, forcing him to retreat.
		Before the water covered what remained of the mountain that he stood on, Nanabozho caught two logs to form a crude raft.
		Nanabozho breathed into a small paw full of soil, and a miracle took place...
	www.civilisations.ca /aborig/fp/fpz2f30e.html (283 words)

	Nanabozho ojibwe - trickster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Turtle appears in stories about Nanabozho and his adventures among the Ojibwe.
		The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) are The third-largest Nanabozho, (also known as Wenabozho), is The trickster in The study of
		Nanabozho, the Ojibwe intermediary between Gitchi Minidoo (Great Spirit) and humans, is depicted With the long ears and furry hind legs Of a people.".
	newinfoage.com /nwia/nanabozho-ojibwe.html (345 words)

	Term Paper on Native American Literature
		Nanabozho and Judeo-Christian In Judeo-Christian narratives you have God who created the heavens and the earth.
		The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
		As for the Chippewa Indians they believed that Nanabozho was their creator of the earth.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Native_American_Literature-119355.html (177 words)

	Rabbett Strickland - His Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Nanabozho puts out his hand to receive the medicine of the New World from the Kitchi Minidoo which the little people dance about, riding high on his right on a turtle is a young Nokomiss, walking with a torch and a dream catcher is the vision of a young Nanabozho.
		The winds riding turtles blows towards Nanabozho and a young Kichi Minidoo, not yet a medicine man, also shown Winona and young Nanabozho.
		She clutches the hand of a culture being drowned by another culture, the grasping of hands represents hope for the renewal of all cultures in the new world, eventhough they will be encircled by an assimilation.
	www.arenacentral.com /rabbett/work5.html (152 words)

	Civilization.ca - First Peoples of Canada - Our Origins, Wealth of Stories
		The Anishnaabe origin story features Nanabozho camped on the bank of a river, when the waters rose slowly and steadily, forcing him to retreat.
		Before the water covered what remained of the mountain that he stood on, Nanabozho caught two logs to form a crude raft.
		Nanabozho breathed into a small paw full of soil, and a miracle took place...
	www.civilization.ca /aborig/fp/fpz2f30e.html (283 words)

	Writing.Com: Riches
		In this, many and many were traveling the Path of Souls (the Milky Way, the Path beyond Death); and though they did not look back, the origin of their departure continued to beckon to the ones left behind.
		So it was that Nanabozho watched for moon after agonizing moon as the People lost everything that had meaning to them.
		Nanabozho received the Promise as he had received the seeds, with gratitude, thanksgiving, and asayma to express both.
	www.writing.com /main/view_item/item_id/1127085 (1612 words)

	[No title]
		Through jealousy the evil manitos of the air, earth, and waters plotted to destroy the brothers, and succeeded in drowning Chipiapoos in one of the great lakes.
		Great was the wrath of Nanabozho, which was finally pacified by some of the good manitos, who initiated him into the mysteries of the grand medicine.
		Afterward the manitos brought back the lost Chipiapoos, but he was required to go to rule the country of the departed spirits; and Nanabozho again descended upon earth, and initiated all his human family into the medicine mysteries.
	memory.loc.gov /master/gc/gcmisc/gcfr/0028/02890287.txt (283 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake
		Nanabozho decided to kill the Great Serpent after the Great Serpent killed his cousin.
		Nanabozho built a raft and saved mankind and the animals, just like Noah had done with the ark.
		The Comanches of the southwestern U.S. inherited the worship of the Jaguar god from the Mayan Indians to the south.
	www.jaxzoo.org /things/biofacts/CornSnake.asp (865 words)

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