Read Canadian fairy tales and legends from Cyrus MacMillans’ collection of Canadian Fairy Tales. Canadian Fairy Tales, How Glooskap Made the Birds Once upon a time long before the white men came into Canada there lived a wicked beast who caused great trouble and sorrow wherever he went. Guys called him Wolf-Wind. Where he was born no man understands, but his residence was in the Cave of the Winds, far in the north country in the Night-Night Land, and there guys knew that he had been hiding on calm days once the sun was hot and the sea was still, and on quiet nights if not a leaf or a flower or a blade of grass was stirring. But whenever he appeared, the great trees cracked in dread and the small trees trembled along with the blossoms bent their heads close to the earth, trying to conceal from his existence. Frequently he came upon them with no warning and with little indication of his forthcoming. And then the corn fell flat to not rise again, and tall trees crashed in the forest, ...
A collection of fairy tales, folklore legends, and myths around the world.