The Manitous : the spiritual world of the Ojibway

Summary: Manitous are mysteries and spirits - the essences - that infuse and safeguard plants and animals, including humans, in all aspects of life. The tales of the manitous are simple in narration and complex in spirit, rich with incident and detail, and attempt to explain the mysterious ways of the natural world. Here are wily tricksters, timorous tree spirits, wise grandmothers, seductive maidens, and the ever-hungry evil manitous, fearsome giants known as Weendigoes. Here is a half-man, half-manitou legend of Ojibway lore who represents the wonders and shortcomings of all humankind and who becomes a hero by masquerading as one; a powerful warrior who is riled and routed by a younger sibling with a fight for dancing and disguises; a man who seems obsessed with the trivial but learns to understand the spiritual; and The Prophecy - which is told but disbelieved - telling of the changes in the native world to come.

Record details

ISBN: 1550139924 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1550137123
ISBN: 0060171995
ISBN: 9781550139921 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781550137125
ISBN: 9780060171995
Physical Description: xxiii, 247 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1995.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Kitchi-Manitou -- Muzzu-Kummik-Quae -- Maudjee-kawiss -- Pukawiss -- Cheeby-aub-oozoo -- Nana'b'oozoo -- Manitous of the forests and meadows -- Personal Manitous -- Nebaunaubaewuk and nebaunaubaequaewuk -- Manitoussiwuk -- Auttissookaunuk -- Pauguk -- Weendigo.