Remake of Common Figures in Indigenous Stories by Scott Moreau https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1 Made with the love of Grandmother Moon en-us 2022-03-01 16:33:57 UTC 2025-11-15 00:52:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Known as a trickster, Nanabush plays a dual role in Indigenous oral traditions. On the one hand, he protects and even creates life. On the other, he is associated with mischief and breaking the rules. scmoreau https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071838471 2022-03-01 16:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071838471 He is a shapeshifter: He appears as diverse personalities and forms – including a raven, a coyote and a hare – which represent the various phases and conditions of the life cycle in some Indigenous cultures. scmoreau https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071838859 2022-03-01 16:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071838859 Nanabush is a supernatural being of various Indigenous oral traditions (cultural hero). He appears prominently in many origin tales. scmoreau https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071839314 2022-03-01 16:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071839314 The plants, the trees, the water, the wind, the rocks and the mountains have spirit. The sky worlds, including the moon and other planets have spirit. All of these are part of our First Family, the natural world. The Moon is called Grandmother Moon and great respect is paid to her. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071929631 2022-03-01 17:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071929631 It is said that Grandmother Moon watches over the waters of the Earth. We see this in her regulating of the tides. Grandmother Moon controls all female life. Much of water life spawns according to the cycles of the moon. It is said that Grandmother Moon is especially close to women because she governs the woman’s cleansing cycle of menstruation known as moontime. Just as Grandmother Moon watches over the waters of the Earth, it is said that women watch over the waters of the people. Water always comes before new life. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071930794 2022-03-01 17:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071930794 It is said that the moon cycle is a gift to women. It is a time to cleanse herself mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. The moontime is considered a time of power, second only to the ability of the Great Spirit to give life. That is how strong that power is. Women can ask Grandmother Moon for direction in life, for wisdom and for help for her children and others. Grandmother Moon can give her healing and balancing energy to women. Some teachings say that when women are on their moontime the Creator comes closer to them. When women are on their moontime their power is at its strongest, this is acknowledged in that they do not prepare foods or medicines, take part in ceremonies or use the pipes and other sacred items. The moontime is a ceremony of life for women and a time for renewal. The moontime is a time for women to relax and take it easy. All the chores are done by other family members. It is a time for women to think about themselves, their family, their relatives or anyone they think needs help. It is a time of reflection. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071931421 2022-03-01 17:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071931421 In Native American folklore, wolverines most often play the roles of bullies or anti-social trickster characters. Among the Innu people of Labrador and Quebec, Wolverine is a more benign trickster-transformer who shapes the earth and helps the people as well as entertaining them with his socially inappropriate misadventures. matt7733 https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071932857 2022-03-01 17:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071932857 Clan Animals https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071934153 The animals that represent the land element are: Deer, Bear, and wolf The turtle, eel and beaver represent water, and to complete the full clan the snipe, hawk and heron represented the air element ]]> 2022-03-01 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071934153 https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071938482 Coyote was responsible for bringing medicines,food,animals,plants and elements of the natural worlds]]> 2022-03-01 17:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071938482 Raven https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071939949 Raven shrinks himself to the size of a hemlock needle in a basket of drinking water in order for his daughter to swallow him. Raven is soon reborn as a raven/human child from her. Because he is terrified of seeing if his daughter is ugly, the old father conceals the light.]]> 2022-03-01 17:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071939949 https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071942273 Coyote Symbolism and Meaning – Coyote symbolizes playfulness, adaptability. The ability to see the truth in a situation, knowledge, and intelligence are some of the common metaphorical meanings associated with the spirit animal coyote.]]> 2022-03-01 17:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071942273 Each day, Grandfather Sun, the "one who brings morning" brings light and warmth to his children. Grandfather sun provides life for a wonderful life for everyone. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071943784 2022-03-01 17:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071943784 The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071945880 2022-03-01 17:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071945880 Grandfather sun is a spirit that provides sun so the trees and plants can grow. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071952328 2022-03-01 17:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071952328 animals inside the culture https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071954068 Some of the first Nations are considered to have clans in their culture, meaning that they work together to achieve something. there are different types of nations, besides if you are a mohawk or Seneca, if you're from the descendant of the wolf clan you still considered relatives. The names are passed to the child and the kid can also have different types of animals ancestors, with a variety of animals of the same species.]]> 2022-03-01 17:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071954068 https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071954284 Glooscap, the culture hero, transformer of the Eastern Woodlands Indigenous people. Huge in size and powers, Glooscap is said to have created natural features such as the Annapolis Valley, in the process often having to overcome his evil twin brother who wanted rivers to be crooked and mountains impassable

]]> 2022-03-01 17:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071954284 Many Indigenous peoples subscribe to the idea of a Creator, Great Spirit or Great Mystery, a power or being that has created the world and everything in it. These beings are often described as good or well-intentioned, though dangerous if treated carelessly or with disrespect. matt7733 https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071958441 2022-03-01 17:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071958441 Glooscap is considered to be the first human, a great and powerful being who shapes landscapes https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071958499 2022-03-01 17:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071958499 the importance of making something to impact others https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071959760 due to the muskrat's try the island was able to grow and grow with time on the turtle's back turning into the north continent, and with his help the skywoman was able to create true life.]]> 2022-03-01 17:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071959760 Sky Woman is the Iroquois mother goddess, who descended to earth by falling through a hole in the sky. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071964538 The myth of The Woman Who Fell from the Sky reflects important elements of Iroquois beliefs. The character can be seen as a symbol for rain, which sustains life and is normally the only thing that falls from the sky. ]]> 2022-03-01 17:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071964538 The first nations think mother earth as a God and the thing they respect the most because she controls the gifts given to them earth, wind, fire, and water and with that respect for her they respect the living creatures. https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071988469 2022-03-01 17:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/scmoreau/66flpn4l6s5dr2s1/wish/2071988469