Nanabozho
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Nanabozho (also known as Big-Rabbit, Great-Hare, Great-Rabbit, Manabozo, Manibozho, Nanabush, Nanabozo, Nanabojo, Nanabijou, Winabozho, Wenabozho, or Wisaaka) is a spirit in Ojibwe mythology, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies). He was the son of a human mother and Bangishimog ("In the West"), a spirit father. Nanabozho most often appears in the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster. He was sent to Earth by Gitchi Manitou to teach the Ojibwe, and one of his first tasks was to name all the plants and animals.
About Nanabush from Bon Echo Visitor Centre
Nanabush was sent to earth by Kitche Manitou, to teach all living things to cooperate and live together peacefully. He possessed supernatural powers that allowed him to turn into different forms of nature (for example a tree, a beaver, a rock) making his lesssons easier to understand. There are numerous legends of Nanabush as he interacts with animals, people and other Manitous. Among the Algonkian people, Nanabush continues to represent the ideals od courage, generosity, resourcefulness and kindness.
第一次到Bon Echo旅行，已經對公園的標志公仔有說不出的好感，還花了$7大元買下一個印有公仔的小小水壺，今次舊地重遊，竟然發覺這印度安人的神靈叫作Nanabush!!上網查自有關Nanabush的資料，發覺他別名Big-Rabbit, Great-Hare, Great Rabbit，更會化身兔子的模樣出現於人世間，看來Nana與兔，真的是命定的淵源，哈哈哈哈哈！
Related Topic by Retselmal: Hachibozho
