'Old Man', a trickster god who, despite being a trouble-maker and sometimes a rather foolish and impetuous individual, is regarded by the Blackfeet and especially by the Peitan group, as a culture hero. A shape-shifter, he shaped the Blackfoot world and often helps its people, assisted by his wife OLD LADY or KIPITAAKII. He is similar to the Cree WISAKEDJAK, the Wabanaki GLUSCAB/GLOOSCAP and the Anishinabe MANABUS. He is the benevolent spirit of the buffalo, a shape-shifter who ordered the buffalo to stop hunting man and to eat grass, and who must be appeased before the hunt
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