Glooscap Gluscap, Glusecap [< Algonk.]
n. a legendary demi-god of the Micmacs, Malecites, and kindred Indian tribes, revered as a mighty warrior and magician.
See also: Groscap
- 1887  All these groups have the same legends, and honour the same mythical personages, Glooscap, Mikwumpwees, etc., though under different names.
- 1891  Such a one was Glooscap, the saviour of the Milicetes, and who, I think, was also venerated as such by the Micmacs.
- 1963  The third such book is Glooscap and his magic, legends of the Wabanaki Indians of Nova Scotia, which Haligonian Kay Hill found on her own doorstep.