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Of the Great Deeds which Glooskap did for Men; how he named the Animals, and who they were that formed his Family
How Win-pe, the Sorcerer, having stolen Glooskap’s Family, was by him pursued. How Glooskap for a Merry Jest cheated the Whale. Of the Song of the Clams, and how the Whale smoked a Pipe
Of the Dreadful Deeds of the Evil Pitcher, who was both Man and Woman; how she fell in Love with Glooskap, and, being scorned, became his Enemy. Of the Toads and Porcupines, and the Awful Battle of the Giants
How the Story of Glooskap and Pook-jin-skwess, the Evil Pitcher, is told by the Passamaquoddy Indians
How Glooskap became friendly to the Loons, and made them his Messengers
How Glooskap made his Uncle Mikchich, the Turtle, into a Great Man, and got him a Wife. Of the Turtles’ Eggs, and how Glooskap vanquished a Sorcerer by smoking Tobacco
How Glooskap sailed through the Great Cavern of Darkness
Of the Great Works which Glooskap made in the Land
The Story of Glooskap as told in a few Words by a Woman of the Penobscots
How Glooskap, leaving the World, all the Animals mourned for him, and how, ere he departed, he gave Gifts to Men
How Glooskap had a Great Frolic with Kitpooseagunow, a Mighty Giant who caught a Whale
How Glooskap made a Magician of a Young Man, who aided another to win a Wife and do Wonderful Deeds
How a certain Wicked Witch sought to cajole the Great and Good Glooskap, and of her Punishment
Of other Men who went to Glooskap for Gifts
Of Glooskap and the three other Seekers
Of Glooskap and the Sinful Serpent
How Glooskap bound Wuchowsen, the Great Wind-Bird, and made all the Waters in the World stagnant
How Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog, and in what Manner all the Pollywogs, Crabs, Leeches, and other Water Creatures were created
How the Lord of Men and Beasts strove with the Mighty Wasis, and was shamefully defeated
How the Great Glooskap fought the Giant Sorcerers at Saco, and turned them into Fish
How Glooskap went to England and France, and was the first to make America known to the Europeans
How Glooskap is making Arrows, and preparing for a Great Battle. The Twilight of the Indian Gods
How Glooskap found the Summer
The Mischief-Maker. A Tradition of the Origin of the Mythology of the Senecas. A Lox Legend
Relating how the Rabbit became Wise by being Original, and of the Terrible Tricks which he by Magic played Loup-Cervier, the Wicked Wild-Cat
How Master Rabbit went to a Wedding and won the Bride
How Master Rabbit gave himself Airs
The Mournful Mystery of the Partridge-Witch; setting forth how a Young Man died from Love
How one of the Partridge’s Wives became a Sheldrake Duck, and why her Feet and Feathers are red
THE INVISIBLE ONE