American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths And Legends) - Plot & Excerpts
“Grandson,” she said, “my hair is falling out because I have no oil to preserve it. The oil that your dead grandfather had given me has run out. I want you to get me some oil for my hair.” “Grandmother,” said Nanabozho, “where can I get this oil?” “You must go to the Great Lake in the North. This lake is the home of Meshena-Magwai, the Chief of All Fish. Go and kill him. Bring him to me. Then we will boil enough oil from his body to last to the end of time.” “Grandmother,” said Nanabozho, “you make the fish line and the fishhook. I shall make the canoe.” Nanabozho went to a lonely place on top of a hill. There he stayed for four days and nights, fasting and praying to Gitchee Manitou, the Everywhere Spirit, to bless his enterprise with success. Then he made his canoe out of birch bark. He made the paddle from oak. It took a whole big oak tree to make it. Then his Nokomis gave him the fish line and the fishhook. Then Nanabozho set out on the river that led to the Great Lake.
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