Re: Gilliscap/Glooscap.

["Spirit One Email" <laurel@spiritone.com>]

Dear Tim,
    I think that makes very good sense not to believe that all that is in
the Indian legends should be linked to Henry.  But maybe the name of the
hero got changed when they were able to latch on to a real person with a
name that maybe rolled off their tongue rhythmically.
Laurel


----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Wallace-Murphy <tim@templartim.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: Gilliscap/Glooscap.


> Dear Friends,
>
> John's recent comments re 'where is the evidence' forGillisacp are highly
> pertinent. Until recentlynoneof ushad ever heard of him. However he is
worth
> following up, although whether to include himor exclude him remains to be
> seen. As to the Glooscap legends, it might pay us all to remeber that
these
> are a significant part of the creation mythology not only of the Miq'maq
> people, but also ofthe entire Algonquin federation and Pohl's apparent
> 'hi-jacking' of them may well prove to have been an excess of zeal on his
> part. It is certainly possible that an exploit of Henry St Clair may have
> been incorporated into the legends, but claim that he is the sole, or even
> the principal foundation for this mass of myth and legend is unjustified.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Tim
>
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