Matshishkapeu

In Innu mythology, Matshishkapeu ("The Farting God") is the most powerful spirit and is even more powerful than the Caribou Master. He proved himself when the Caribou Master refused to give the Innu any caribou to eat. Matshishkapeu was so angry that he cursed the Caribou Master with a painful case of constipation. Finally, the Caribou Master relented, and Matshishkapeu then cured him of his ailment.[1]

References

  1. Armitage, Peter (1992). "Religious ideology among the Innu of eastern Quebec and Labrador" (PDF). Religiologiques. Université du Québec à Montréal. 6. ISSN 2291-3041. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-11-29. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  • B. C. Goddard, "Rangifer and Man: An ancient relationship", in Proc. Ninth Workshop North American Caribou, edd. S. Coutourier and Q. van Ginhoven, Kuujjuac, Quebec, 2003. Rangifer special volume 14, pp. 15–28


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