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Updated: May 16, 2025
The Beaver and the Owl and the Squirrel, for what they did and as they did it, all come again into these stories; but Malsumsis, being dead, was turned into the Shick-shoe mountains in the Gaspe peninsula. For this chapter and parts of others I am indebted to the narrative of a Micmac Indian, taken down by Mr.
And Glooskap said, "I will be born as others are." The Armenians believe that Christ was born through the right side of the Virgin. The Buddhists say the same of Buddha's birth. Glooskap as first came quietly to light, while Malsumsis kept his word, killing his mother.
For this Malsumsis promised to bestow on Beaver whatever he should ask; but when the latter wished for wings like a pigeon, the warrior laughed, and scornfully said, "Get thee hence; thou with a tail like a file, what need hast thou of wings?" Then the Beaver was angry, and went forth to the camp of Glooskap, to whom he told what he had done.
The two grew up together, and one day the younger, who knew that both had charmed lives, asked the elder what would kill him, Glooskap. Now each had his own secret as to this, and Glooskap, remembering how wantonly Malsumsis had slain their mother, thought it would be misplaced confidence to trust his life to one so fond of death, while it might prove to be well to know the bane of the other.
Therefore Glooskap arose in sorrow and in anger, took a fern-root, sought Malsumsis in the deep, dark forest, and smote him so that he fell down dead. And Glooskap sang a song over him and lamented.
In Mr. And Malsumsis said, "I can only die by a blow from a fern-root." It came to pass in after-days that Kwah-beet-a-sis, the son of the Great Beaver, or, as others say, Miko the Squirrel, or else the evil which was in himself, tempted Malsumsis to kill Glooskap; for in those days all men were wicked.
It is very evident that in this tradition Glooskap represents the Good principle, and Malsumsis, the little wolf, that is the Wolf who is the Younger, rather than little or small, the Evil one. Malsum typifies destruction and sin in several of these tales.
But Glooskap arose unharmed, drove Malsumsis away into the woods, sat down by the brook-side, and thinking aver all that had happened, said, "Nothing but a flowering rush can kill me." But the Beaver, who was hidden among the reeds, heard this, and hastening to Malsumsis told him the secret of his brother's life.
Of Glooskap's Birth, and of his Brother Malsum the Wolf. Now the great lord Glooskap, who was worshiped in after-days by all the Wabanaki, or children of light, was a twin with a brother. As he was good, this brother, whose name was Malsumsis, or Wolf the younger, was bad. Before they were born, the babes consulted to consider how they had best enter the world.
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