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The site is incorrect in its description of Nanabozho. Nowhere, ever, have I heard him described as anything even vaguely close to a water spirit. What he is is the Anishinaabe culture hero and trickster figure. He's sometimes identified with a rabbit or hare, but never with a water spirit, as far as I know. Published sources that can confirm this are:
I also have, at home, a book that's a collection of a few Ojibwe stories that includes a version of the story related by the webpage; in the version in the book, the giant is just there, he's not identified with Nanabozho; when a white trader using trickery discovers the location of the silver mine, the giant rises up causing the trader's boat to capsize. I can't recall more specific details of the story, and I won't be able to look at the book for three more weeks, but the book is:
I think four published sources overrule one internet source, so I'm going to remove the description again, although if anyone can correct me on this, please do. -- Miskwito 23:39, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
"An Ojibway legend identifies the giant as Nanabijou, who was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine now known as Silver Islet was disclosed to white men."
I question the validity of this fable, because "white men" have only arrived in the last 2-3 hundred years.
The real fable must be based on some other story...
--Caesar J. B. Squitti : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 13:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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The site is incorrect in its description of Nanabozho. Nowhere, ever, have I heard him described as anything even vaguely close to a water spirit. What he is is the Anishinaabe culture hero and trickster figure. He's sometimes identified with a rabbit or hare, but never with a water spirit, as far as I know. Published sources that can confirm this are:
I also have, at home, a book that's a collection of a few Ojibwe stories that includes a version of the story related by the webpage; in the version in the book, the giant is just there, he's not identified with Nanabozho; when a white trader using trickery discovers the location of the silver mine, the giant rises up causing the trader's boat to capsize. I can't recall more specific details of the story, and I won't be able to look at the book for three more weeks, but the book is:
I think four published sources overrule one internet source, so I'm going to remove the description again, although if anyone can correct me on this, please do. -- Miskwito 23:39, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
"An Ojibway legend identifies the giant as Nanabijou, who was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine now known as Silver Islet was disclosed to white men."
I question the validity of this fable, because "white men" have only arrived in the last 2-3 hundred years.
The real fable must be based on some other story...
--Caesar J. B. Squitti : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 13:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)