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100	1		_aLaidlaw, Geo. E. _q(George Edward), _d1860-1927
245	1	0	_aOjibwa myths and tales
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-08-28
508			_aJeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"Ojibwa myths and tales by Geo. E. Laidlaw" is a collection of Indigenous folklore and oral histories written in the early 20th century. The book gathers Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) myths, legends, and local traditions from the Rama Reserve and surrounding Ontario lakes, focusing on the trickster-hero Nanabush, Thunderbirds, witches, giants, and culture-shaping encounters. Its likely topic is the worldview, moral codes, and mythic geography of the Ojibwa as preserved in stories told by elders and tradition-keepers. The tales range from comic trickster episodes—Nanabush luring ducks to dance, scorching himself after a feast is stolen, and leaving marks on the land—to awe-filled encounters with Thunderbirds, lake monsters, and Wintigoes. They include animal-origin stories (why the diver’s feet are flat; why muskrats have small eyes; how birds arose; tailless sturgeon), and moral narratives about fidelity, fasting and power, courage in war, and the end of killing the elderly. Several accounts chronicle Ojibwa–Mohawk conflicts, notable rescues and revenges, and a battle led by a visionary girl. Other highlights include a journey to retrieve a wife from the land of the dead with Nanabush’s help, witches who fly in owl or turkey skins, a loyal little dog who grows to defend his master, and the “Thunderbolt” and Nim-Mah-Kie, tiny shining beings who set lightning. The book closes with modern-tinged tales—a hunter who marries a king’s daughter by his cooking, a bargain with a hawk—and a firsthand bear-hunting feat, anchoring myth beside lived experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cToronto: William Briggs, 1915
653			_aOjibwa Indians -- Legends
653			_aOjibwa Indians -- Mythology
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/ojibwamythstales00laid
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76755
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