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Glooscap destroying Malsum tlie wolf. The Indians say
that Glooscap"
was one of twins The younger, Malsum
(who typifies the evil principle as Glooscap does the
good) killed his mother at his birth, then later tried to
kill Glooscap so that he might rule the world. But he
could not find what would accomplish this, until the
Beavers told him that a flowering rush had the power.
But, before Malsum could carry out his design, Glooscap
killed him some say with a handful of bird s down and
others say with a flag root. In this picture Glooscap is
represented as using a flag-root. Good overcame evil, the
Indians believe, and good rules the world.
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