CANADIAN FAIRY TALES - 26 Illustrated Native American Stories E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

The 26 tales in this collection, were gathered from various parts of Canada—at a time when the most convenient method of travel was by the Canadian waterways. The compiler travelled the rivers, lakes and oceans where sailors and fishermen still watched the stars. He gathered them in forest clearings where lumbermen still retained remnants of the old and now vanished way of life; where Indians used to barter for their goods and from remote country places where women spin and speak with reverence of the days of their fathers.

The 26 tales in this volume are:

• How Glooskap Made The Birds
• The Rabbit And The Grain Buyers
• Saint Nicholas And The Children
• The Fall Of The Spider Man
• The Boy Who Was Called Thick-Head
• Rabbit And The Indian Chief
• Great Heart And The Three Tests
• The Boy Of The Red Twilight Sky
• How Raven Brought Fire To The Indians
• The Girl Who Always Cried
• Ermine And The Hunter
• How Rabbit Deceived Fox
• The Boy And The Dragon
• Owl With The Great Head And Eyes
• The Tobacco Fairy From The Blue Hills
• Rainbow And The Autumn Leaves
• Rabbit And The Moon-Man
• The Children With One Eye
• The Giant With The Grey Feathers
• The Cruel Stepmother
• The Boy Who Was Saved By Thoughts
• The Song-Bird And The Healing Waters
• The Boy Who Overcame The Giants
• The Youth And The Dog-Dance
• Sparrow's Search For The Rain
• The Boy In The Land Of Shadows

The skeleton of each story has been left for the most part unchanged, although the languages differ somewhat from that of the story-tellers from whose lips the writer heard them.

Fairy tales make a universal appeal both to old and young; to the young because it is the fantasy world into which they can retreat, and to the old because they are conscious again of the spirit of youth as they read such tales to their children and grandchildren, and rejoice in the illusion that after all there is not a great difference of age which separates the generations.

10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities by the Publisher.
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Leseprobe

Canadian Fairy Tales

Compiled BY

Cyrus Macmillan

With Illustrations by

Marcia Lane Foster

And an Introduction by

John Grier Hibben

Originally Published by

S. B. Gundy, Toronto

[1922]

Resurrected by

Abela Publishing, London

[2018]

Candian Fairy Tales

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2018

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2018

ISBN-13: 978-8-82757-536-9

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And Many Others Came, But They Met The Same Fate

Dedication

To The Memory ofMy FatherDescendant Of Canadian PioneersWho Upheld The Old Traditionsand Used The Ancient Speech.

Introduction

Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal both to old and young; to the young because it is the natural world in which their fancy delights to range, and to the old because they are conscious again of the spirit of youth as they read such tales to their children and grandchildren over and over again, and rejoice in the illusion that after all there is not a great difference of age which separates the generations.

The fairy tale makes this universal appeal because it deals with the elemental in our natures that is the same in every age and in every race. In the Canadian Tales which Professor Macmillan has so admirably gathered from Indian sources, we find the same types of character and scenes of adventure that we do in the tales of the German forests, of Scandinavia, England or France.

There is in us all an instinctive admiration for the adventurous spirit of the fairy tale which challenges the might that is cruel and devastating, and for the good offices of the fairies which help to vindicate the cause of the noble in its conflict with the ignoble, right with wrong.

The origin of the fairy tale is to be traced always to the early stages of civilization, and it is very gratifying to be assured from time to time that man possesses certain natural impulses which spring from an inherent sense of honour, and the desire to redress the wrongs of the world.

Professor Macmillan has been successful in presenting the Indian folk-lore in a most engaging manner. The stories have all the delightful charm and mystery of the Canadian forests; they have penetrated into the heart of nature, but also into the heart of man.

JOHN GRIER HIBBEN.

Preface

The tales in this collection, like those in "Canadian Wonder Tales," were gathered in various parts of Canada—by river and lake and ocean where sailors and fishermen still watch the stars; in forest clearings where lumbermen yet retain some remnant of the old vanished voyageur life and where Indians still barter for their furs; in remote country places where women spin while they speak with reverence of their fathers' days. The skeleton of each story has been left for the most part unchanged, although the language naturally differs somewhat from that of the story-tellers from whose lips the writer heard them.

It is too often forgotten that long before the time of Arthur and his Round Table these tales were known and treasured by the early inhabitants of our land. However much they may have changed in the oral passing from generation to generation the germ of the story goes back to very early days beyond the dawn of Canadian history. Canada is rich in this ancient lore. The effort to save it from oblivion needs no apology. Fairy literature has an important place in the development of the child mind, and there is no better fairy lore than that of our own country. Through the eyes of the Indian story-teller and the Indian dreamer, inheriting his tales from a romantic past, we can still look through "magic casements opening on the foam of perilous seas in fairy lands forlorn"; we can still feel something of the atmosphere of that mysterious past in which our ancestors dwelt and laboured. The author's sincerest hope in publishing this volume is that to the children of to-day the traditions of our romantic Canadian past will not be lost in our practical Canadian present.

McGill University,May, 1921.

Contents

How Glooskap Made the Birds

Rabbit and the Grain Buyers

Saint Nicholas and the Children

The Fall of the Spider Man

The Boy who was Called Thick-head

Rabbit and the Indian Chief

Great Heart and the Three Tests

The Boy of the Red Twilight Sky

How Raven Brought Fire to the Indians

The Girl who Always Cried

Ermine and the Hunter

How Rabbit Deceived Fox

The Boy and the Dragon

Owl with the Great Head and Eyes

The Tobacco Fairy from the Blue Hills

Rainbow and the Autumn Leaves

Rabbit and the Moon-Man

The Children with One Eye

The Giant with the Grey Feathers

The Cruel Stepmother

The Boy who was Saved by Thoughts

The Song-Bird and the Healing Waters

The Boy who Overcame the Giants

The Youth and the Dog-Dance

Sparrow's Search for the Rain

The Boy in the Land of Shadows

List of Colour Illustrations

Frontispiece And many others came, but they met the same fate

And the children all came to him each asking for a boon

So Duck crawled under the over-turned basket and sat very still

They stood for a time in the shadow of the great trees before the door and made ready to blow together

He came one day upon a man clad in scarlet sitting on the side of a rocky hill tying stones to his feet

The coat of Ermine was replaced by a sleek and shining white coat as spotless as the new snow in winter

Then Fox untied the bag and let Rabbit out and got into the bag himself

The giant frowning angrily, the woman carrying the stick, and the boy leading the dog

For some days the boy lay in terror in the nest ... and far out on the ocean he could see great ships going by

"Strike hard," said the boy, "or it will do you no good"

And they sat down together on the edge of the lake

Then the old man gave the boy a large pipe and some tobacco

List of Black And White Illustrations

He said farewell to the sky-country and let himself down to earth by one of his own strands of yarn

That night an old Wolf came through the forest in search of food

He went to Beaver's house by the stream, hobbling along with a stick

And she makes to him an offering of tiny white feathers plucked from the breasts of birds

Then Raven asked Mole to try, but Mole said: "Oh no, I am better fitted for other work. My fur would all be singed"

And with his magic power he changed her into a Fish-Hawk, and sent her out to the ocean

The man gave him another pair of mocassins in exchange for those he was wearing

Wolf trotting along like a little horse, and Rabbit laughing to himself, sitting in the saddle

Suddenly a large flock of birds, looking like great black clouds, came flying from the blue hills

Throughout the long winter months Deer looked longingly for Rainbow

He sat very quiet, waiting for the man of the long foot to appear

The boy went into the forest with his bow and arrows.... He had not gone far when he saw a fat young deer, which he killed

The bull rushed at the mountain with all his force

Then the young man lay down to sleep, and the Fox stood guard beside him

Canadian Fairy Tales

How Glooskap Made the Birds

Once upon a time long before the white men came to Canada there lived a wicked giant who caused great trouble and sorrow wherever he went. Men called him Wolf-Wind. Where he was born no man knows, but his home was in the Cave of the Winds, far in the north country in the Night-Night Land, and there men knew he was hiding on calm days when the sun was hot and the sea was still, and on quiet nights when not a leaf or a flower or a blade of grass was stirring. But whenever he appeared, the great trees cracked in fear and the little trees trembled and the flowers bent their heads close to the earth, trying to hide from his presence. Often he came upon them without warning and with little sign of his coming. And then the corn fell flat never to rise again, and tall trees crashed in the forest, and the flowers dropped dead because of their terror; and often the great waters grew white and moaned or screamed loudly or dashed themselves against the rocks trying to escape from Wolf-Wind. And in the darkness of the night when Wolf-Wind howled, there was great fear upon all the earth.