July
27
/ 2021
In Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, he figuratively blames the sinking of that ship on the “witch” of November. Folks more familiar with Ojibway mythology might, however, have pointed to Mishipizheu, one of the most important of the underground mythological creatures of the Northeastern and Midwestern North American tribes. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"88326","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"405","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] This pictograph of the Great Lynx known as Mishipizheu was created by Ojibway spiritual leaders at Agawa Rock in Lake Superior Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. ( Chris Hill / Adobe Stock) Was Mishipizheu a God or a Monster? The “Great-Lynx” Mishipizheu blurs the line between god and monster and thus sheds light on what it takes to be one or the other. The Ojibway
