Facts about Nanabozho

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   Nanabozho plays a central role in the Ojibwe Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, traditions, where he is credited with bringing healing knowledge to humanity.

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   The hare is one of Nanabozho's most common animal forms, which is why he is sometimes called the Great Hare in scholarly literature.

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   Credited as a transformer figure, Nanabozho is said to have helped recreate the earth after a great flood in Ojibwe cosmological narratives.

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   In many Ojibwe stories, Nanabozho is depicted as the offspring of a human woman and a supernatural father associated with the West Wind.

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   A trickster and culture hero figure, Nanabozho is a central character in the oral traditions of the Ojibwe people of North America.

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