Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
"The Chenoo and the Lizard" is an illustration in The Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes by Charles G. Leland (1884).
The Chenoo was "a being who comes from the far, icy north, a creature who is a man grown to be both devil and cannibal."
Leland's illustrations were copied from those that Passamaquoddy Indian Tomah Joseph.created on birchbark.
About This Item
- Title: The Chenoo and the Lizard, ca. 1884
- Creation Date: circa 1884
- Subject Date: circa 1884
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Locations:
- ME
- NB, Canada
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: QJ 398.2 L 538
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Chenoo (Legendary figure)
- Indians of North America--Folklore
- Indians of North America--Maine--Legends
- Indians of North America--New England--Legends
- Legends
- Lizard (Legendary figure)
- Malecite Indians
- Micmac Indians
- Passamaquoddy Indians
- Penobscot Indians
- Wabanaki Indians
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