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Ojibway Myths and Ceremonies

Ojibway Myths and Ceremonies. By: Amanda Baggette. MACHI MANITOU. The Great Mystery The Creation Story. To: Sky Woman Event: Birth of the World From: The Giant Turtle. MUSKRAT. SHAPE SHIFTING.

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Ojibway Myths and Ceremonies

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  1. Ojibway Myths and Ceremonies By: AmandaBaggette

  2. MACHI MANITOU • The Great Mystery • The Creation Story

  3. To: Sky WomanEvent: Birth of the WorldFrom: The Giant Turtle

  4. MUSKRAT

  5. SHAPE SHIFTING • Nana’b’oozoo- a half-human castaway on the sea during Machi Manitou (the creation story) • Shape shifter • Changes into various animal forms, human forms, and mystical animal forms. • He conquered giant animals, diminishing them in size.

  6. THE MANITOUS • The interconnection and balance of nature and life. • The Spirit • Essentially: everything has a spirit(animals, plants, geographic features, weather, etc.) • The four worlds:Fire, Breath, Water, Spirit

  7. Prayer to a Deer Slain by a HunterI had need,I have dispossessed you of beauty, grace, and life.I have sundered your spirit from its worldly frame.No more will you run in freedomBecause of my need.I had need.You have in life served your kind in goodness.By your life, I will serve my brothers.Without you I hunger and grow weak.Without you I am helpless, nothing.I had need,Give me your casement for protection.Give me your bones for my labors,And I shall not want.

  8. KITCHI MANITOU • The Great Spirit or Master of Life • Has control and sanction over all manitous. • “More generous with the birds and animals rather than men and women”

  9. PERSONAL MONITOU • Adopt spiritual names. • Hope: to derive advantages and benefits from these monitou. • Most adopted personal monitouwere named by those favored by Kitchi Manitou.

  10. The Manitous, The Spiritual World of the Ojibway Basil Johnston. Harper Collins Publishing. • OjibwayCeremonies, Basil Johnston. Harper Collins Publishing. • The OjibwayIndians, John Grim. Historical Society Press.

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