# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa

Author: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66509

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Myths+and+Folk-lore+of+the+Timiskaming+Algonquin+and+Timagami+Ojibwa+Speck&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

(1) Wiske·djak pursues the Beaver 2 (2) Wiske·djak kills the Bear and gets his head fastened in the skull 4 (3) Wiske·djak invites the Ducks to a dance 8 (4) Wiske·djak anum suum urit and originates rock-weed and red willow from the scabs 10 (5) Wiske·djak disguises himself as a Lynx 15 (6) Wiske·djak’s love affair 16 (7) Ciŋgəbis 17 (8) Remarks about Wiske·djak 20 Timiskaming Algonquin text 20 Free translation 21 (9) Further comment on Wiske·djak 21

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-folk-lore-of-the-timiskaming-algonquin-and-timagami-o-a3f0b394/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-folk-lore-of-the-timiskaming-algonquin-and-timagami-o-a3f0b394/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-folk-lore-of-the-timiskaming-algonquin-and-timagami-o-a3f0b394/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-folk-lore-of-the-timiskaming-algonquin-and-timagami-o-a3f0b394/chapters/1/index.md)