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Glooscap, the Mi’kmaq God of Creation

Posted by wendyvee in Big People, Giant Things on Aug 26th, 2009
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Glooscap (Kluscap) Statue
Glooscap Heritage Centre
Truro, Nova Scotia
submitted by “Jo,eh”

Jo spots another perfect “Big Guy” for RoadsideWonders!

The Glooscap Heritage Centre website explains that: Kluscap (Glooscap) is an Abenaki word meaning “Man from nothing”. Glooscap, the first human, was created out of a bolt of lightening in the sand and remains a figure that appears in many of the Mi’kmaw legends.

The Glooscap statue raised some eyebrows in 2005 and subsequently received a “makeover”! LOL

wendyvee says:
I know of a certain American lass who also carries a torch … maybe someone should set up a blind date. Though she’s a bit taller than him, I think they would make a cute couple