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How Glooskap Made the Birds

In short: The children ask for the leaves that protected them to be restored. Glooskap makes small woodland birds from the fallen leaves.

How Glooskap Made the Birds · The making of the birds FAIRY TALE ATLAS · № 47 How Glooskap Made the Birds The children ask for the leaves that protected them to be restored. Origin Atlantic Canada · Wabanaki tradition Atlas record 1922 First appearance Exact date unknown SIGNATURE MOTIF The making of the birds Reach¹ 1/10 Suggested age² 8+ Member rating No votes yet 1 records · 1 countries or regions blackhorsestories.com

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Origin and tradition

Atlantic Canada · Wabanaki tradition

In MacMillan’s telling, the trees first protect the children. Then Glooskap asks the children to protect the birds. Leaf colours carry over into the feathers, and the sounds of air and water into birdsong. The birds leave in autumn and return to the trees in spring. This page follows the bird story printed in 1922. The Kluskap glossary entry also links to a different story told at the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre.

Dated records and sources

  1. 1922 · Atlantic Canada · Wabanaki tradition
    Cyrus MacMillan · Canadian Fairy Tales · How Glooskap Made the Birds · Published collection

Country pages

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