{"id":15191,"date":"2021-11-13T18:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T18:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15191"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:12","slug":"conte-ojibwe-cloud-catcher-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/tale-ojibwe-cloud-catcher-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojibwe Tale: Cloud Catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15191\" class=\"elementor elementor-15191\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe5e4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe5e4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fda175\" data-id=\"2fda175\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d2293f elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9d2293f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Anichinabe mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81b3c05\" data-id=\"81b3c05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8f50a elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ee8f50a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/fr\/article\/ojibwes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5366bd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5366bd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8324f6\" data-id=\"a8324f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bf290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6bf290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The term Ojibwe comes from <em>Utchibou<\/em>, name given to the XVII<sup>e<\/sup> century to a group who lived north of what is now Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Here&#039;s one from their tale: Cloud Catcher and the Moon Woman.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Ojibway<\/a> were part of a series of very close, but distinct groups, occupying a territory located between the northeast of the bay <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/georgian-mythology\/\">Georgian<\/a> and eastern Lake Superior. These peoples who gathered near present-day Sault Ste. Mary are also called <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Saulteaux<\/a>, a term that today refers primarily to the Ojibway peoples of northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Ojibwe Cloud Catcher and the Moon Woman\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7147b42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7147b42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-050f16f\" data-id=\"050f16f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d03e22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d03e22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/tale-ojibwe-cloud-catcher-9\/#Cloud-Catcher-and-the-Moon-Woman\" >Cloud Catcher and the Moon Woman<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud-Catcher-and-the-Moon-Woman\"><\/span>Cloud Catcher and the Moon Woman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d722af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d722af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d65df6\" data-id=\"5d65df6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cdcc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0cdcc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here is the myth of Endymion and Diana, as told on the shores of<br \/>Saginaw Bay, in Michigan, by Indians who never heard of Greeks.<br \/>Cloud Catcher, a handsome youth of the Ojibways, offended his family<br \/>by refusing to fast during the ceremony of his coming of age, and<br \/>was put out of the paternal wigwam. It was so fine a night that<br \/>the sky served him as well as a roof, and he had a boy&#039;s confidence<br \/>in his ability to make a living, and something of fame and fortune,<br \/>maybe. <\/p><p>He dropped upon a tuft of moss to plan for his future, and<br \/>drowsily noted the rising of the moon in which he seemed to see<br \/>to face. On awakening he found that it was not day, yet the darkness<br \/>was half dispelled by light that rayed from a figure near him \u2013 the<br \/>form of a lovely woman.<\/p><p>\u201cCloud Catcher, I have come for you,\u201d she said. And as<br \/>she turned away he felt impelled to rise and follow. But, instead<br \/>of walking, she began to move into the air with the flight of an<br \/>eagle, and, endowed with a new power, he too ascended beside her.<br \/>The earth was dim and vast below, stars blazed as they drew near<br \/>them, yet the radiance of the woman seemed to dull their glory.<br \/>Presently they passed through a gate of clouds and stood on a beautiful<br \/>plain, with crystal ponds and brooks watering noble trees and leagues<br \/>of flowery meadow; birds of brightest colors darted here and there,<br \/>singing like flutes; the very stones were agate, jasper and chalcedony.<\/p><p>An immense lodge stood on the plain, and within were embroideries<br \/>and ornaments, layers of rich furs, pipes and arms cut from jasper<br \/>and tipped with silver. While the young man was gazing around him<br \/>with delight, the brother of his guide appeared and reproved her,<br \/>advising her to send the young man back to earth at once, but, she<br \/>flatly refused to do so, he gave a pipe and bow and arrows to Cloud<br \/>Catcher, as a token of his consent to their marriage, and wished<br \/>them happiness, which, in fact, they had.<\/p><p>This brother, who was commanding, tall, and so dazzling in his<br \/>gold and silver ornaments that one could hardly look upon him, was<br \/>abroad all day, while his sister was absent for a part of the night.<br \/>He permitted Cloud Catcher to go with him on one of his daily walks,<br \/>and as they crossed the lovely Sky Land they glanced down through<br \/>open valley bottoms on the green earth below. The rapid pace they<br \/>struck gave to Cloud Catcher an appetite and he asked if there were<br \/>no game. &quot;Patience,&quot; counseled his companion.<\/p><p>On arriving at a spot where a large hole had been broken through the sky they<br \/>reclined on mats, and the tall man loosing one of his silver ornaments<br \/>flung it into a group of children playing before a lodge. On of<br \/>the little ones fell and was carried within, amid lamentations.<br \/>Then the villagers left their sports and labors and looked up at<br \/>the sky. The tall man cried, in a voice of thunder, &quot;Offer<br \/>a sacrifice and the child shall be well again. \u00bbA white dog<br \/>was killed, roasted, and in a twinkling it shot up the feet of Cloud<br \/>Catcher, who, being empty, attacked it voraciously.<\/p><p>Many such walks and feasts came after, and the sights of earth<br \/>and taste of meat filled the mortal with longing to see his people<br \/>again. He told his wife that he wanted to go back. She consented,<br \/>after a time, saying, &quot;Since you are better pleased with the<br \/>cares, the ills, the labor, and the poverty of the world than with<br \/>the comfort and abundance of Sky Land, you may return; but remember<br \/>you are still my husband, and beware how you venture to take an<br \/>earthly maiden for a wife. &quot;<\/p><p>She arose lightly, clasped Cloud Catcher by the wrist, and began<br \/>to move with him through the air. The motion lulled him and he fell<br \/>asleep, waking at the door of his father&#039;s lodge.<\/p><p>His relatives gathered and gave him welcome, and he learned that<br \/>he had been in the sky for a year. He took the privatations of a<br \/>hunter&#039;s and warrior&#039;s life less kindly than he though to, and after<br \/>a time he enlivened its monotony by taking to wife a bright-eyed<br \/>girl of his tribe. In four days she was dead. The lesson was unheeded<br \/>and he married again. Shortly after, he stepped from his lodge one<br \/>evening and never came back. The woods were filled with a strange<br \/>radiance on that night, and it is asserted that Cloud Catcher was<br \/>taken back to the lodge of the Sun and Moon, and is now content<br \/>to live in heaven.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anishinabe Mythology Wiki The term Ojibwe comes from Outchibou, a name given in the 17th century to a group that lived in \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3405,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25281,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15191\/revisions\/25281"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}