Gluskab

Glooscap (also spelled Gluskabe,Glooskap, Gluskabi, Kluscap, Kloskomba, or Gluskab) is a mythical culture hero, and "transformer" of the Wabanaki peoples. He is represented as the creator in the Penobscot Indian Nation's Creation Myth, as transcribed by Joseph Nicola in The Red Man. He was an important figure for the Abenaki in the United States and Atlantic Canada, the Passamaquoddy, as well as to the Mi'kmaq (Micmac), who were part of the Wabanaki Confederacy.
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[Native American] After Tabaldak created humans, the dust from his hand created Gluskab and sometimes he also created Gluskab's twin brother, Malsumis. He gave Gluskap the power to create a good world. Malsumis, on the other hand, did the opposite, and still seeks evil to this day. Gluskab learned that hunters who kill too much would destroy the ecosystem and the good world he had sought to create. Frightened at this possibility, Gluskab sought Grandmother Woodchuck and asked her for advice. She plucked all the hairs out of her belly (Hence the lack of hair on woodchuck's belly) and wove them into a magical bag. Gluskab put all the game animals in the bag. He then bragged to Grandmother Woodchuck that the humans would never need to hunt again. Grandmother Woodchuck scolded him and told him that they would die without the animals. She said that they needed to hunt in order to remain strong. Gluskab then let the animals go. Later, Gluskab decided to capture the great bird that Tabaldak had pl...
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