{"id":15224,"date":"2021-11-13T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15224"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:13","slug":"how-the-beaver-got-his-tail-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/how-the-beaver-got-his-tail-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojibwe tale: How the beaver got his tail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15224\" class=\"elementor elementor-15224\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e457eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e457eb\" 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-a61de59\" data-id=\"a61de59\" 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-5faa16e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5faa16e\" 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-f22db56\" data-id=\"f22db56\" 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-f66235b elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f66235b\" 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-9b8ff2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b8ff2d\" 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-3f0353a\" data-id=\"3f0353a\" 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-bc7c7fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc7c7fe\" 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 is one of their tales: How the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-dene\/\">beaver<\/a> got his tail (in English).<\/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 How the beaver got his tail\" 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-4700fa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4700fa9\" 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-4c45920\" data-id=\"4c45920\" 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-585ed4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585ed4b\" 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\/how-the-beaver-got-his-tail-8\/#How-the-beaver-got-his-tail\" >How the beaver got its tail<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-the-beaver-got-his-tail\"><\/span>How the beaver got its tail<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-13ead12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13ead12\" 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-57c47c8\" data-id=\"57c47c8\" 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-0285774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0285774\" 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>Once upon a time there was a beaver that loved to brag about him<br \/>tail. One day while taking a walk, the beaver stopped to talk to<br \/>a bird. The beaver said to the bird, \u201cDon\u2019t you love my fluffy tail?\u201d \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cWhy, yes I do little beaver,\u201d replied the bird.<\/p><p>\u201cDon\u2019t you wish your feathers were as fluffy as my tail? Of which<br \/>you wish your feathers were as strong as my tail? Don&#039;t you wish<br \/>were your feathers just as beautiful as my tail? \u00bb the beaver asked.<\/p><p>\u201cWhy do you think so much of your tail, little beaver? \u00bb<br \/>asked the bird. This insulted the beaver and he walked away.<\/p><p>After walking for a while, he stopped for a drink by the river<br \/>and saw a muskrat. He walked to the muskrat and said, \u201cHello<br \/>little muskrat. What do you think about my tail? \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cWell, it is very beautiful and big and fluffy,\u201d answered<br \/>the muskrat. \u201cIs it also a strong tail? \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cWhy, yes it is,\u201d the beaver answered. \u201cDo you wish<br \/>you had a tail like mine? \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cI didn&#039;t say I wanted a tail like yours. I just asked if<br \/>it was strong,\u201d the muskrat replied with a disgusted voice.<\/p><p>The beaver quickly turned and began walking back to his dam. Hey<br \/>was angry because he felt that the animals were being rude to him.<br \/>He was very upset and decided to take out his frustration by cutting<br \/>down trees. After cutting down a couple of trees, he came to a very<br \/>large one. He knew that it would be a great challenge for him. So<br \/>he went to it. But as he was cutting, he kept thinking about him<br \/>tail and didn&#039;t notice that he was cutting at a bad angle. <\/p><p>Before he knew what was happening, the tree began to fall toward him. Hey<br \/>jumped to get out of the way, but he didn&#039;t jump fast enough, and<br \/>the huge tree fell on his beautiful tail! He tugged and pulled and<br \/>finally dug away the earth to free itself. When he finally pulled<br \/>his tail from under the tree, he was horrified to see that it was<br \/>flat. The beaver was very sad and started to cry. As he was crying<br \/>he heard a voice. He was the Creator.<\/p><p>\u201cWhy are you crying?\u201d \u00bb asked the Creator.<\/p><p>\u201cA tree has crushed my beautiful tail,\u201d the beaver cried.<br \/>\u201cNow no one will like me. \u00bb<\/p><p>The Creator told him that a beaver is not liked for his tail but<br \/>for his kindness and wisdom. He also told him how to use his flat<br \/>tail. \u201cNow your tail will help you swim rapidly,\u201d the<br \/>Creator said. \u201cAnd when you want to signal a message to a friend,<br \/>all you have to do is slap your tail on the water. \u00bb<\/p><p>Hearing this made the beaver happy again. When the animals saw<br \/>his flattened tail they were shocked! But the beaver said, \u201cIt\u2019s<br \/>better this way. \u00bb<\/p><p>From that day on, the beaver never bragged about his tail, and<br \/>all the animals liked him.<\/p><p>That&#039;s how the beaver got his flat tail.<\/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-15224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15224","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=15224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25286,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15224\/revisions\/25286"}],"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=15224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}