Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by J. Walter Fewkes
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regarded as a terrible one.
_Pedogiic._ Thunder. _Pesok que tuk._ Lightning. _Ooargamess._ Small beings who live about rocks and chatter in unknown tongue. Have been seen in late times. _Lumpagonosis._ Water beings. _Kelphit._ A shapeless (medicine) being who is turned over twice each year. Under him are found flowers. _Pogumpt._ Black Cat, Fisher. _k'Chebollock._ The Spirit of the Air. This being is said to be without body, but to have a heart, wings, head, and legs. _Cadoux._ Spirit of Night. Said to have been seen lately. An evil spirit which tears bark from the wigwam, and in many ways frightens the Indians. _Pook-jin-squess._ The Jug. Called also the toad woman. In some Indian stories spoken of as governor. _Noosagess._ A being associated with the wind. _Squaw-oc-t'moos._ Swamp woman. |
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