{"id":15460,"date":"2021-11-17T12:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=15460"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:12:17","slug":"son-in-law-tests-615","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/son-in-law-tests-615\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojibwe Story: Son in Law Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15460\" class=\"elementor elementor-15460\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db19df3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db19df3\" 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-f8bce89\" data-id=\"f8bce89\" 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-8334290 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8334290\" 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\/mythologie-anichinabes\/\">\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\">Mythologie Anichinab\u00e9<\/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-b54761d\" data-id=\"b54761d\" 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-f79fa63 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f79fa63\" 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-f16805d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f16805d\" 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-e1352e2\" data-id=\"e1352e2\" 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-41e1636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e1636\" 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>Le terme Ojibw\u00e9 vient de <em>Outchibou<\/em>, nom donn\u00e9 au XVII<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle \u00e0 un groupe qui vivait au nord de ce qui est aujourd&rsquo;hui Sault Ste. Marie, en Ontario.Voici un de leur conte : The son in law tests (en anglais).<\/p><p>Les <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Ojibw\u00e9s<\/a> faisaient partie d&rsquo;une s\u00e9rie de groupes tr\u00e8s proches, mais distincts, occupant un territoire situ\u00e9 entre le nord-est de la baie <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/georgian-mythology\/\">G\u00e9orgienne<\/a> et l&rsquo;est du lac Sup\u00e9rieur. Ces peuplades qui se rassemblent pr\u00e8s de la ville actuelle de Sault Ste. Marie sont aussi appel\u00e9es <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-anichinabians\/\">Saulteaux<\/a>, un terme qui d\u00e9signe aujourd&rsquo;hui principalement les peuples ojibw\u00e9s du nord-ouest de l&rsquo;Ontario et du sud-est du 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=\"Ojibw\u00e9 The son in law tests\" 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-4518178 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4518178\" 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-bb089b3\" data-id=\"bb089b3\" 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-3804b7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3804b7f\" 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\">Contenus<\/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\/son-in-law-tests-615\/#The-son-in-law-tests\" >The son in law tests<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-son-in-law-tests\"><\/span>The son in law tests<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-117a252 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"117a252\" 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-df60bad\" data-id=\"df60bad\" 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-759d4bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"759d4bb\" 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>Wemicus [animal-trickster] had a son-in-law who was a man. This<br \/>man&rsquo;s wife, the daughter of Wemicus, had had a great many husbands,<br \/>because Wemicus had put them to so many different tests that they<br \/>had been all killed off except this one.<\/p><p>He, however, had succeeded in outwitting Wemicus in every scheme<br \/>that he tried on him. Wemicus and this man hunted <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-dene\/\">beaver<\/a> in the<br \/>spring of the year by driving them all day with dogs.<\/p><p>The man&rsquo;s wife warned him before they started out to hunt, saying,<br \/>\u00ab\u00a0Look out for my father; he might burn your moccasins in camp.<br \/>That&rsquo;s what he did to my other husbands.\u00a0\u00bb That night in camp<br \/>Wemicus said, \u00ab\u00a0I didn&rsquo;t tell you the name of this lake. It<br \/>is called &lsquo;Burnt moccasins lake.'\u00a0\u00bb When the man heard this,<br \/>he thought that Wemicus was up to some sort of mischief and was<br \/>going to burn his moccasins.<\/p><p>Their moccasins were hanging up before a fire to dry and, while<br \/>Wemicus was not looking, the man changed the places of Wemicus&rsquo;<br \/>moccasins and his own, and then went to sleep. Soon the man awoke<br \/>and saw Wemicus get up and throw his own moccasins into the fire.<br \/>Wemicus then said, \u00ab\u00a0Say! something is burning; it is your moccasins.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>Then the man answered, \u00ab\u00a0No, not mine, but yours.\u00a0\u00bb So Wemicus<br \/>had no moccasins, and the ground was covered with snow. After this<br \/>had happened the man slept with his moccasins on.<\/p><p>The next morning the man started on and left Wemicus there with<br \/>no shoes. Wemicus started to work. He got a big boulder, made a<br \/>fire, and placed the boulder in it until it became red hot. He then<br \/>wrapped his feet with spruce boughs and pushed the boulder ahead<br \/>of him in order to melt the snow. In this way he managed to walk<br \/>on the boughs. Then he began to sing, \u00ab\u00a0Spruce is warm, spruce is warm.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>When the man reached home be told his wife what had happened. \u00ab\u00a0I<br \/>hope Wemicus will die,\u00a0\u00bb she said. A little while after this<br \/>they heard Wemicus coming along singing, \u00ab\u00a0Spruce is warm, spruce<br \/>is warm.\u00a0\u00bb He came into the wigwam and as he was the head man,<br \/>they were obliged to get his meal ready.<\/p><p>The ice was getting bad by this time, so they stayed in camp a<br \/>while. Soon Wemicus told his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0We&rsquo;d better go sliding.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>He then went to a hill where there were some very poisonous <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/digital-mythology-north-and-west\/\">snakes<\/a>.<br \/>The man&rsquo;s wife warned her husband of these snakes and gave him a<br \/>split stick holding a certain kind of magic tobacco, which she told<br \/>him to hold in front of him so that the snakes would not hurt him.<br \/>Then the two men went sliding.<\/p><p>At the top of the hill Wemicus said, \u00ab\u00a0Follow me,\u00a0\u00bb for<br \/>he intended to pass close by the snakes&rsquo; lair. So when they slid,<br \/>Wemicus passed safely and the man held his stick with the tobacco<br \/>in it in front of him, thus preventing the snakes from biting him.<br \/>The man then told Wemicus that he enjoyed the sliding.<\/p><p>The following day Wemicus said to his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0We had<br \/>better go to another place.\u00a0\u00bb When she heard this, the wife<br \/>told her husband that, as it was getting summer, Wemicus had in<br \/>his head many poisonous lizards instead of lice. She said, \u00ab\u00a0He<br \/>will tell you to pick lice from his head and crack them in your<br \/>teeth. But take low-bush cranberries and crack them instead.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>So the man took cranberries along with him. Wemicus took his son-in-law<br \/>to a valley with a great ravine in it. He said, \u00ab\u00a0I wonder if<br \/>anybody can jump across this?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0Surely,\u00a0\u00bb said the young man, \u00ab\u00a0I can.\u00a0\u00bb Then<br \/>the young man said, \u00ab\u00a0Closer,\u00a0\u00bb and the ravine narrowed<br \/>and he jumped across easily.<\/p><p>When Wemicus tried, the young man said, \u00ab\u00a0Widen,\u00a0\u00bb and<br \/>Wemicus fell into the ravine. But it did not kill him, and when<br \/>he made his way to the top again, he said, \u00ab\u00a0You have beaten<br \/>me.\u00a0\u00bb Then they went on.<\/p><p>They came to a place of hot sand and Wemicus said, \u00ab\u00a0You must<br \/>look for lice in my head.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0All right father,\u00a0\u00bb replied the son-in-law. So Wemicus<br \/>lay down and the man started to pick the lice. He took the cranberries<br \/>from inside his shirt and each time he pretended to catch a louse,<br \/>he cracked a cranberry and threw it on the ground, and so Wemicus<br \/>got fooled a second time that day. Then they went home and Wemicus<br \/>said to his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0There are a whole lot of eggs on that<br \/>rocky island where the gulls are. We will go get the eggs, come<br \/>back, and have an egg supper.\u00a0\u00bb As Wemicus was the head man,<br \/>his son-in- law had to obey him.<\/p><p>So they started out in their canoe and soon came to the rocky island.<br \/>Wemicus stayed in the canoe and told the man to go ashore and to<br \/>bring the eggs back with him and fill the canoe. When the man reached<br \/>the shore, Wemicus told him to go farther back on the island, saying,<br \/>\u00ab\u00a0That&rsquo;s where the former husbands got their eggs, there are their bones.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>He then started the canoe off in the water by singing, without<br \/>using his paddle. Then Wemicus told the gulls to eat the man, saying<br \/>to them, \u00ab\u00a0I give you him to eat.\u00a0\u00bb The gulls started to<br \/>fly about the man, but the man had his paddle with him and he killed<br \/>one of the gulls with it. He then took the gulls&rsquo; wings and fastened<br \/>them on himself, filled his shirt with eggs, and started flying<br \/>over the lake by the aid of the wings.<\/p><p>When he reached the middle of the lake, he saw Wemicus going along<br \/>and singing to himself. Wemicus, looking up, saw his son-in-law<br \/>but mistook him for a gull. The man flew back to camp and told his<br \/>wife to <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cook-mythology\/\">cook<\/a> the eggs, and he told his children to play with the<br \/>wings. When Wemicus reached the camp, he saw the children playing<br \/>with the wings and said, \u00ab\u00a0Where did you get those wings?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0From father,\u00a0\u00bb was the reply. \u00ab\u00a0Your father? Why<br \/>the gulls ate him!\u00a0\u00bb Then he went to the wigwam and there he<br \/>saw the man smoking. Then Wemicus thought it very strange how the<br \/>man could have gotten home, but no one told him how it had been<br \/>done. Thought he, \u00ab\u00a0I must try another scheme to do away with him.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>One day Wemicus said to his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0We&rsquo;d better make<br \/>two canoes of birch-bark, one for you and one for me. We&rsquo;d better<br \/>get bark.\u00a0\u00bb So they started off for birch-bark. They cut a tree<br \/>almost through and Wemicus said to his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0You sit<br \/>on that side and I&rsquo;ll sit on this.\u00a0\u00bb He wanted the tree to fall<br \/>on him and kill him. Wemicus said, \u00ab\u00a0You say, &lsquo;Fall on my father-in-law,&rsquo;<br \/>and I&rsquo;ll say, &lsquo;Fall on my son-in-law,&rsquo; and whoever says it too slowly<br \/>or makes a mistake will be the one on whom it will fall.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>But Wemicus made the first mistake, and the tree fell on him and<br \/>crushed him. However, Wemicus was a manitu and was not hurt. They<br \/>went home with the bark and made the two canoes. After they were<br \/>made, Wemicus said to his son-in-law, \u00ab\u00a0Well, we&rsquo;ll have a race<br \/>in our two canoes, a sailing race.\u00a0\u00bb Wemicus made a big bark<br \/>sail, but the man did not make any, as he was afraid of upsetting.<br \/>They started the race. Wemicus went very fast and the man called<br \/>after him, \u00ab\u00a0Oh, you are beating me.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p><p>He kept on fooling and encouraging Wemicus, until the wind upset<br \/>Wemicus&rsquo; canoe and that was the end of Wemicus. When the man sailed<br \/>over the spot where Wemicus had upset, he saw a big pike there,<br \/>into which Wemicus had been transformed when the canoe upset. This<br \/>is the origin of the pike.<\/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>\n\t\t","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-15460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15460","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=15460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25319,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15460\/revisions\/25319"}],"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=15460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}