--- title: Nanabush. (no. 6.) — Ojibwa myths and tales · full text with trees description: Nanabush. (no. 6.), «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Told by John York. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/) / Nanabush. (no. 6.) # Nanabush. (no. 6.) Nanabush. (no. 6.) of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole text, 14 sentences and 222 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Told by John York.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") It was never known how Nanabush was born, only that he was working for God for many years (York says 2,000 years, which is evidently his expression to denote a very long time) looking after the world, such as to regulate the weather, rain, snow, and other things.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Nanabush did have a wife once, but only one child which was a girl.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") While living together he made up his mind to send his wife away to look after the dead, those that died long years ago, where she is now.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") The old man is here somewhere in the north.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") She looks after the dead and he looks after the living.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He will not die, nor will be sick, and is the only man that will live as long as the world lasts.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") He never works and always has plenty to eat, and lots of tobacco which he keeps in a skunk-skin bag.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") (In those days skunks were as big as a big Porcupine.)[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Nanabush is getting very grey sitting all the time smoking his pipe.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") If you look sometimes in the north sky you will see the sky white at night.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") This is the time that Nanabush is poking his fire or making his fire.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Note.—Nanabush is often referred to as “The Old Man.”[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") NO. 23.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 5.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/21/) - next →: [Nanabush and His Wife’s Chair. (no. 7.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/23/) - ↑ back to [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/)