Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho 's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha 's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem, The Song of Hiawatha , which is a re-telling of the Nanabozho stories. Nokomis is an important character in the poem, mentioned in the familiar lines:
4-503: According to the poem, From the full moon fell Nokomis/Fell the beautiful Nokomis . She bears a daughter, Wenonah. Despite Nokomis' warnings, Wenonah allows herself to be seduced by the West-Wind, Mudjekeewis , Till she bore a son in sorrow/Bore a son of love and sorrow/Thus was born my Hiawatha . Abandoned by the heartless Mudjekeewis, Wenonah dies in childbirth, leaving Hiawatha to be raised by Nokomis. The wrinkled old Nokomis/Nursed
8-570: Is associated with Majiikiwis . He is the eldest brother to Nanabozho . However, in The Song of Hiawatha based on the aadizookaanan , Mudjekeewis is portrayed instead as E-bangishimog himself, ravishing Wenonah and fathering Hiawatha . However, even in The Song of Hiawatha , Mudjekeewis is strongly associated with bears as demonstrated in the passage: He had stolen the Belt of Wampum From
12-591: The Anishinaabe language majiikiwis "first-born son") is a spirit, and figures prominently in their storytelling , including the story of the world's creation. In their aadizookaanan (traditional stories), Majiikiwis is the first-born son of the E-bangishimog , the West Wind, and is cast as the guardian of tradition and ceremonies, symbolized by the bear . Of the medicinal plants, white cedar
16-645: The little Hiawatha and educates him. In the Ojibwe language , nookomis means "my grandmother," thus portraying Nokomis of the poem and the aadizookaan (Ojibwe traditional stories) from a more personal point of view, akin to the traditional Ojibwa narrative styles. Nokomis is also a character in Richard Adams' fantasy novel Maia . She has a son called Anda Nokomis. Red Wing Potteries Inc. produced Nokomis glazed pottery from 1929 to 1934. Mudjekeewis In Ojibwe mythology, Mudjekeewis (from
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