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WAWENOCK MYTH TEXTS FROM MAINE
BY
FRANK G. SPECK
Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to theSecretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926, Government PrintingOffice, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198
The texts are published with the permission of the Divisionof Anthropology, National Museum of Canada166
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CONTENTS
Page
Introduction169
Phonetic note178
Gluskα̨be´ the Transformer180
Gluskα̨be´ creates himself and competes with the Creator180
The Turtle insults the chief of the Birds; Gluskα̨be´ helps him toescape; mountains are created; and again Turtle escapes bygetting his captors to throw him into the water, but is finallykilled181
Gluskα̨be´ becomes angry with the birch tree and marks it for life185
Gluskα̨be´ the Transformer (free translation)186
How a hunter encountered Bmule´, visited his country and obtained a boon190
How a hunter encountered Bmule´, visited his country and obtained a boon (free translation)193
The origin and use of wampum195
The origin and use of wampum (free translation)196
Wawenock drinking song197
Index821
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