{"id":15337,"date":"2021-11-17T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15337"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:14","slug":"conte-ojibwe-rabbit-and-fox-1345","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/tale-ojibwe-rabbit-and-fox-1345\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojibwa Tale: Rabbit and Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15337\" class=\"elementor elementor-15337\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d66873 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d66873\" 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-b28dbb3\" data-id=\"b28dbb3\" 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-4b64491 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4b64491\" 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-e3d998c\" data-id=\"e3d998c\" 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-dc026e9 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dc026e9\" 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-fccd318 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fccd318\" 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-ccad363\" data-id=\"ccad363\" 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-a20d150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a20d150\" 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 that lived north of what is now Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Here is one of their stories: Rabbit and Fox.<\/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=\"Ojibway Rabbit and Fox\" 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-f1a4cb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1a4cb7\" 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-cd6874f\" data-id=\"cd6874f\" 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-99725f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99725f9\" 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_82_2 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-rabbit-and-fox-1345\/#Rabbit-and-Fox\" >Rabbit and Fox<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rabbit-and-Fox\"><\/span>Rabbit and Fox<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-489d211 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"489d211\" 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-f541926\" data-id=\"f541926\" 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-17b6dcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17b6dcc\" 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>One winter Rabbit was going along through the snow when he saw<br \/>Fox. It was too late to hide, for Fox had caught Rabbit&#039;s scent.<\/p><p>\u201cI am Ongwe Ias, the one who eats you! barked Fox. \u201cYon<br \/>cannot escape me! \u00bb<\/p><p>Rabbit began to run for his life. He ran as fast as he could around<br \/>trees and between rocks, making a great circle in the hope that<br \/>he would lose Fox. But when he looked back he saw that Fox was gaining<br \/>on him. \u201cI am Ongwe Ias,\u201d Fox barked again. \u201cYou<br \/>cannot escape. \u00bb<\/p><p>Rabbit knew that he had to use his wits. He slipped off his moccasins<br \/>and said, \u201cRun on ahead of me. \u00bb The moccasins began to<br \/>run, leaving tracks in the snow. Then, using his magic power, Rabbit<br \/>made himself look like a dead, half-rotten rabbit and lay down by the trail.<\/p><p>When Fox came to the dead rabbit, he did not even stop to sniff<br \/>at it. \u201cThis meat has gone bad,\u201d he said. Then, seeing<br \/>the tracks that led on through the snow he took up the chase again<br \/>and finally caught up with Rabbit&#039;s old moccasins.<\/p><p>\u201cHah,\u201d Fox snarled, \u201cthis time he has fooled me.<br \/>Next time I will eat the meat no matter how rotten it looks. \u00bb<br \/>He began to backtrack. Just as he expected when he came to the place<br \/>where the dead rabbit had been, it was gone. There were tracks leading<br \/>away through the bushes, and Fox began to follow them.<\/p><p>He hadn&#039;t gone far when he came upon an old woman sitting by the<br \/>trail. In front of her was a pot, and she was making a stew.<\/p><p>\u201cSit down, grandson,\u201d she said. \u201cHave some of this<br \/>good stew. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox sat down. &quot;Have you seen a rabbit go by?&quot; \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cYes,\u201d said the old woman, handing him a beautifully<br \/>carved wooden bowl filled with hot stew. \u201cI saw a very skinny<br \/>rabbit go by. There was no flesh on his bones, and he looked old and tough. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cI am going to eat that rabbit,\u201d said Fox.<\/p><p>\u201cIndeed? said the old woman. \u201cYou will surely do<br \/>so, for the rabbit looked tired and frightened. He must have known<br \/>you were close behind him. Now eat the good stew I have given you. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox began to eat and, as he did so, he looked at the old woman.<br \/>\u201cWhy do you wear those two tall feathers on your head, old<br \/>wife? he asked.<\/p><p>\u201cThese feathers? said the old woman. &quot;I wear &#039;em<br \/>to remind me of my son who is a hunter. Look behind you\u2013here he comes now. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox turned to look and, as he did so, the old woman threw off her<br \/>blankets and leaped high in the air. She went right over Fox&#039;s head<br \/>and hit him hard with a big stick that had been hidden under the blankets.<\/p><p>When Fox woke up his head was sore. He looked for the stew pot,<br \/>but all he could see was a hollow stump. He looked for the wooden<br \/>soup bowl, but all he could find was a folded piece of bark with<br \/>mud and dirty water in it. All around him were rabbit tracks. \u201cSo,<br \/>he has fooled me again,\u201d Fox said. \u201cIt will be the last<br \/>time. He jumped up and began to follow the tracks once more.<\/p><p>Before he had gone far he came to a man sitting by the trail. Tea<br \/>man held a turtle-shell rattle in his hand and was dressed as a medicine man.<\/p><p>&quot;Have you seen a rabbit go by?&quot; asked Fox.<\/p><p>\u201cIndeed,\u201d said the medicine man, \u201cand he looked<br \/>sick and weak. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cI am going to eat that rabbit,\u201d Fox said.<\/p><p>\u201cAh,\u201d said the medicine man, \u201cthat is why he looked<br \/>so afraid. When a great warrior like you decides to catch someone,<br \/>surely he cannot escape. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox was very pleased. \u201cYes,\u201d he said, \u201cI am Ongwe<br \/>Ias. No rabbit alive can escape me. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cBut, Grandson,\u201d said the medicine man, shaking his turtle-shell<br \/>rattle, &quot;what has happened to your head?&quot; You are hurt. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cIt is nothing,\u201d said the Fox. \u201cA branch fell and struck me. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cGrandson,\u201d said the medicine man, \u201cyou must let<br \/>treat me that wound, so that it heals quickly. Rabbit cannot go<br \/>far. Come here and sit down. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox sat down, and the medicine man came close to him. He opened<br \/>up his pouch and began to sprinkle something into the wound.<\/p><p>Fox looked closely at the medicine man. \u201cWhy are you wearing<br \/>two feathers? he asked.<\/p><p>\u201cThese two feathers,\u201d the medicine man answered, \u201cshow<br \/>that I have great power. I just have to shake them like this, and<br \/>an eagle will fly down. Look, over there! An eagle is flying down now. \u00bb<\/p><p>Fox looked and, as he did so, the medicine man leaped high in the<br \/>air over Fox&#039;s head and struck him hard with his turtle-shell rattle.<\/p><p>When Fox woke up, he was alone in a small clearing. The wound on<br \/>his head was full of burrs and thorns, the medicine man was gone,<br \/>and all around him were rabbit tracks.<\/p><p>\u201cI will not be fooled again! Fox snarled. He gave a<br \/>loud and terrible war cry. \u201cI am Ongwe Ias,\u201d he shouted.<br \/>\u201cI am Fox! \u00bb<\/p><p>Ahead of him on the trail, Rabbit heard Fox&#039;s war cry. He was still<br \/>too tired to run and so he turned himself into an old dead tree.<\/p><p>When Fox came to the tree he stopped. \u201cThis tree must be Rabbit,\u201d<br \/>he said, and he struck at one of the small dead limbs. It broke<br \/>off and fell to the ground. \u201cNo,\u201d said Fox, \u201cI am wrong.<\/p><p>This is indeed a tree. He ran on again, until he realized<br \/>the tracks he was following were old ones. He had been going in<br \/>a circle. \u201cThat tree! he said.<\/p><p>He hurried back to the place where the tree had been. It was gone,<br \/>but there were a few drops of blood on the ground where the small<br \/>limb had fallen. Though Fox didn&#039;t know it, the branch he had struck<br \/>had been the end of Rabbit&#039;s nose, and ever since then rabbits&#039;<br \/>noses have been quite short.<\/p><p>Leading away into the bushes were fresh rabbit tracks. \u201cNow<br \/>I shall catch you! Fox shouted.<\/p><p>Rabbit was worn out. He had used all his tricks, and still Fox<br \/>was after him. He came to a dead tree by the side of the trail.<br \/>He ran around it four times and then, with one last great leap,<br \/>lumped into the middle of some blackberry bushes close by. Then,<br \/>holding his breath, he waited.<\/p><p>Fox came to the dead tree and looked at the rabbit tracks all around<br \/>it. \u201cHah,\u201d Fox laughed, \u201cyou are trying to trick<br \/>me again. He bit at the dead tree, and a piece of rotten wood<br \/>came away in his mouth. \u201cHah,\u201d Fox said, \u201cyou have<br \/>even made yourself taste like a dead tree. But I am Ongwe Ias, I<br \/>am Fox. You cannot fool me again. \u00bb<\/p><p>Then, coughing and choking, Fox ate the whole tree. From his hiding<br \/>place in the blackberry bushes, Rabbit watched and tried not to<br \/>laugh. When Fox had finished his meal he went away, still coughing<br \/>and choking and not feeling well at all.<\/p><p>After a time, Rabbit came out of his hiding place and went on his way.<\/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-15337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15337","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=15337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25300,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15337\/revisions\/25300"}],"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=15337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}