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The Manitous : the spiritual world of the Ojibway

Johnston, Basil. (Author).

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.

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  • 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.

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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.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fort Nelson Public Library 398.2089 JOH (Text) BFN003014 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Salmo Public Library 299.78 JOH (Text) SPL24419 Adult Non Fiction Volume hold Available -
Vanderhoof Public Library 398.2 JOH MJC (Text) 35193000157984 Mary John Collection Volume hold Available -
McBride 299.78 (Text) 35191000340279 Adult Non fiction Volume hold Available -
Trail and District Public Library Main Branch 299.7 JOH (Text) 35110001218953 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
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