Battle Between The Good And Bad Mind Over Human Souls – Told By The Iroquois Tribes

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are accounts of battles between good and evil forces in every religion. Myths from cultures worldwide offer fascinating stories dealing with benevolent and malevolent characters.

Glooskap’s Battle With His Evil Brother Malsum

“Among the Algonquian folktales and traditional stories, which belong to 35 different Native American tribes from Long Island to California, there is one myth about Glooskap (also known as Gluskap, Gluskabe), a trickster god, a mythic hero who – according to some myths – made the whole world from the body of his own mother.” ¹

Glooskap was considered the protector of humankind was often fighting his brother Malsum who was a wolf-god. Both Glooskap and Malsmum were creator gods, but the latter was responsible for creating all the evil things of this world that threatened and infuriated human beings.

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