Kanipinikassikueu

Kanipinikassikueu

Kanipinikassikueu, the Caribou Master, is a powerful spirit in traditional Innu an Indigenous people of present day Canada and Quebec. In the myth, an Innu man goes to live with the Caribou. He marries one of the does, and becomes transformed himself into caribou form. He becomes the master of the caribou, and the provider of caribou for the Innu people.

References

[http://www.innu.ca/myth.html Innu Myth]


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