Gawunduk

Ojibwa

A heroine of an Ojibwa legend, she was a young maiden given in marriage to a distinguished tribal elder. She went obediently, but without joy, feeling that her life would be missing something. She bore him many children. As the years passed she grew to love him deeply. When he was eighty-five he became very ill. Gawunduk nursed him frantic for his survival. He recovered and lived to be a full century old. When he did die she mourned so that she died of grief and they were burried together. Mists that rise from spruce forests are said to be her tears as she mourns for her beloved. She is also know as the Guardianess.

Geezhigo-Quae

Ojibwa

She was a Manitou or Great Spirit. She was know as the Sky Mother. She watched over her people from the heavens. She was the Creator of humanity. She also decended into the primordial soup to find land under the waves. She brought it forth and created the bountiful earth.

Muzzu-Kummik-Que

Ojibwa

An earth Goddess She was worshipped with the second smoke of sacred tobaccco along with the following words:

To you Mother we give thanks. When we are hungry You feed us. When we cold and wet You shelter us. When we are downcast You comfort us. For this we are grateful. We are indebted to You.

She was a great teacher who showed Her people the way to spirtual insight and the right way to live on earth.

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