Monday, June 5, 2017

A Powerful Hero


Throughout Algonquin culture the hare appears as a powerful hero. The first creator, the maker of the sun, moon and earth is called Michabo or The Great White Hare. Michalo has many talents – he is the ruler of the winds, mists, thunder and lightening, chief of all the animals, the guardian of the people, in inventor of picture writing and a shapeshifter.

– Zoe Greaves
Excerpted from Hare
Old Barn Books (2015)

Image: Amanda Clark

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