{"id":570,"date":"2017-04-16T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/eeyous-cris\/06-histoire\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:58:07","slug":"06-histoire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/eeyous-cris\/06-histoire\/","title":{"rendered":"06 &#8211; Histoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FOUNDING STORIES, LEGENDS AND MYTHS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite all the differences among nations, animals bring us together through their symbolic nature; they are a common language of the territory. From generation to generation we share the story of the bear, the wolf, the porcupine, the raven and the whale in several nations and according to different features, but always based on the knowledge and powers of the beast.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, many claimed that we all had an animal ancestor and that it determined the clan to which we belonged, lending us in passing its abilities, its strength, and this very special bond with the territory. In addition, some legends claimed that our survival depended on the spirit of the hunted animals.<\/p>\n<p>In some way, the animals are our point of origin. They are the ones who, by their sacrifices and teachings, have shaped us.<\/p>\n<p>A legend is timeless. It is part of a past era set in a vaporous space where dreams and poems are woven. A legend recalls the time when animals were similar to humans. It considers the whimsical appearance and disappearance of spirits, done without any apparent reason, a natural occurrence. It is not rational. It is colorful and spirited.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"The interesting thing about legends is that they're spoken about as if they are living. In Cree language I heard it where they speak of it like it's a being, a person. It's a living thing that is there to teach. Because it helps you in your life and survival, you give it kind of a reverence; it has a purpose. Therefore you can give it life. I realized the importance of them. There was a young man who has done a ceremony in Great Whale, a shaking tent, and it was his first one. One of the spirits that showed up was Tshakapesh, which is the man that snares the sun. We were like 'what? Why did he showed up in this ceremony when he's legend, almost missed?'. And it made me realized that our legends they are not missed; it's a dimension, a place where human beings are allowed sometimes, if they have the greatest power, to bear witness to not everybody. Those legends, a lot of that stuff to me has happened at some point, somewhere we have that story, even if you believe it or not. I find it hard to believe that somebody could make up these stories and that they become one of the pulses of a culture. There is definitely a living component to it.\">A legend is alive.<\/a> A legend teaches us what we must know. It tells us about our <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"A linguist actually told me that the word for 'god' did not exist in the Cree language; you just knew God, you didn\u2019t need to address him, her or it. The reason why we have a word for 'God' is because the Bible introduced us to the Devil. So the word for 'Devil' needed a supreme opposite. 'Manituu' is 'spirit' so the Great 'mishemanituu' is the Devil (it's not even specific to Satan, it's just a 'bad spirit'), and then the supreme opposite of that is 'kishemanituu', the Great Spirit. It is not the creator of the entire universe. When I found that out, the word that I started using for 'creator' is the 'the giver of life of all things'; it's another word. And it doesn't mean God either; it's an awareness. As far as I know in Indigenous or in Cree legends and stories, there's no some of all evil. There's bad spirits, like cannibals and things that will eat you in the night but there is no some, which to me is mind-blowing. And there's no Messiah complex. You don't need to be saved, we're not born sinners, there's not this one guy who's going to come back for us and take us to heaven. I heard a story about a man who was a shaman, he was actually doing fine even during the starvation, and the priest convinced him that he was communicating with the Devil and bad spirits and he should let that go and converse into Christianity, giving him a bible. The shaman goes back out on the land, abandon his spirituality. They found him dead with the bible on his chest.\">creators<\/a>, <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"When Indigenous people get together, what I noticed is that we start speaking about hunting stories, and then the supernatural. That's when the magic happens. One day we're in Germany, we start speaking about ceremonies and sweat lodges; they were curious, as Germans! We talked about the high power ceremonies, the shake tents, the sundance and even the little people, the leprechauns; we have little people in Canada, they have them all over the world. One girl from Australia, she was a documentary maker, reacted strongly and lit up at that conversation and said : 'when I was a kid, my grandmother, when she got to a certain age, she would talk of the little people. One day, I was filming a documentary, I'm in my hotel room, I look out the window and there's a little person on my window sill. And he's kind of dancing like he's trying to bug me; I just freaked out! The first person that I could think of was my grandmother. I called my grandma, she picks up happy to hear me. I said 'grandma, there's one of the little people'. She started laughing and said 'listen, you just leave them some pennies, some candies, things that are shiny, and ask them to leave you out alone and he will'.' It's funny because even in Canada, our little people, it's all about the little shiny things. It's the same thing! But it's on the other side of the world! And she was so happy to be able to share that story and not sound if she was crazy! It amazes me when people come to that kind of conversation; the world gets interesting! I started realizing that the reason Indigenous people see these things, it's because we belong to the land, and the land being Mother Earth, reveals her secrets when she trusts us. She knows we love, protect and represent her, she shares her secrets. For non-Native people, not Indigenous people, the land will never provide them with that experience because the land doesn't know them. \">supernatural<\/a> heroes, friends, enemies and situates us on earth and in heaven. A legend is a spirit\u2019s friend, an ally to wisdom, an assistant to memory. It is tragic, humoristic, frightening or reassuring. It is philosophical, dishonest, provocative, shameless spiritual or frivolous. It has all of the world\u2019s qualities and flaws.<\/p>\n<p>A legend is essential. We can not live without the euphoria, surprise, sadness and knowledge we are provided by these stories. They turn the world into tales.<\/p>\n<p>Plentiful like the trees of the forest, myths of the world&#8217;s creation are abundant and come in several versions. While different, they are similar. Every nation, every community, every family has its version.<\/p>\n<p>Legends have diverse subjects : creation of planets and the earth, conflicts and wars, love, lust, gluttony, sloth, deception, pilferage, ghosts, monstrous creatures, wicked sorcerers or dedicated healers, altruistic or harmful animals, nourishing and medicinal plants.<\/p>\n<p>Legends remind us of who we are and from which culture we come from. 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