Item 7532 - Glooskap looking at the whale smoking his pipe
- Item 7532 - Glooskap looking at the whale smoking his pipe
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- Item 7532
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Image Info This illustration appears in the book Algonquin Legends of New England, or Myths and Folklore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes, by Charles G. Leland (1884).
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Glooskap (Gluskap, Gluskabe) is a legendary figure in Wabanaki history, purported to have created the earth and taught the Wabanaki people the skills to survive. He is both creator and teacher.