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'''Wisakedjak''' (sometimes [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] as '''Whiskey Jack''') was a [[trickster god]] in [[Cree]] [[mythology]] who is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great [[flood]] which destroys the world originally made by the [[creator god|Creator]], as well as the one who creates the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. |
'''Wisakedjak''' (sometimes [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] as '''Whiskey Jack''') was a [[trickster god]] in [[Cree]] [[mythology]] who is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great [[flood]] which destroys the world originally made by the [[creator god|Creator]], as well as the one who creates the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. |
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Revision as of 21:50, 8 November 2006
Wisakedjak (sometimes Anglicized as Whiskey Jack) was a trickster god in Cree mythology who is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great flood which destroys the world originally made by the Creator, as well as the one who creates the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose.
In Fiction
Wisakedjak is featured in the book American Gods by Neil Gaiman. [citation needed]
External Links
Pantheon.org entry
A variation of the tale
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