Algonquin Creation
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Last Updated: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
One day the two sons of the Earth Mother found each other face to face because their mother had died. One son, Glooskap, was good, wise and creative. The other son, Malsum was evil, selfish and destructive. Glooskap said he wanted to creat things in memory of his mother. He made plants, animals and humans from the body of his mother. Malsum, in contempt of his brother made poisonous plants and snakes. As Glooskap continued to make things, and now things that would counteract those things his brother was making, Malsum in his jealousy decided to kill his brother, and settle the matter once and for all. Malsum bragged that he could not be killed, although that was not quite true. However he badgered Glooskap for days to find out how his brother was vulnerable, and how he could be killed. Glooskap could tell no lies and finally he said he could only be killed by an owl's feather. Malsum immediately made a dart out of an owl's feather shot it into Glooskap killing him.
Good is very powerful, so Glooskap rose from the dead ready to avenge his ill treatment by Malsum. He knew that Malsum would continue to plot his own death, so with heavy heart he planned how to kill Malsum. Glooskap realized he did not know what would kill him. But a blue jay, which is always snooping everywhere knew that Malsum avoided fern plants carefully and told Glooskap that. Glooskap then told Malsum that he could also be killed by a certain plant that grew near the edge of a lake. When Malsum lured him to such a lake Glooskap immediately uprooted a fern plant and through it at Malsum, who died. Malsum's spirit went underground, and occassionally appears as a wicked wolf but only at night for he fears the light.
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