Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Folklore, Indigenous peoples -- Legends 

"Long, long ago when the world was very new, the Great Spirit, tired by the noise and bustle of the things that he had made, created for himself a garden where he might rest when he was weary. The garden lay between two seas, and in it were rocks and mountains, lakes and rivers, plains and forests. It was the home of great and god-like beings.

In time a race of white men came to the garden from across the sea. They took it for their own, and they built cities, sowed great wheat-fields, and planted orchards in it. After many years the garden became a new nation and the men called it Canada.

In Thunder in the Mountains Hilda Mary Hooke tells some of the great stories of the first inhabitants of the garden, of the Big Men of the tribes such as Wesukechak, Glooskap, Hiawatha, and Nanna Bijou. There are also tales of the coming of the white men, of white men's magic, of coureurs de bois, and that entertaining story of the Devil and the Wind that explains why Montreal is such a windy city.

Now firmly established as a Canadian classic, Thunder in the Mountains is the work of a born storyteller. Hilda Mary Hooke has made this selection from Canada's myths and legends a book of lasting value."--Book jacket. 

223 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. 

Contents:
The garden of Gitche Manitou. How the animals got their fur coats --
How the birds got their colours ---
Glooskap's beads --
How the thunderbird lost his courage --
The council-fire of the five nations --
The legend of the wishing well --
The woman who was tired --
The great peace. The coming of the white men. The legend of the sleeping giant --
The birch trees of Temiskamingue --
Qu'appelle. White men's stories. The little gray man --
The silver bullet --
The seven witches of Long Point --
The story of good Saint Anne --
The lament of Cadieux --
The devil and the wind.

Includes bibliographical references.