"Sacred Thunderbird", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau

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- Norval Morrisseau's Prime Period [1970's]
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"Sacred Thunderbird", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau
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"The Ojibway believed the thunder to be a great massive bird called thunderbird, whose eyes shoot out lighting and thunder. The first thunder in early spring was something good to hear, for the Ojibway welcomed their protector again from its home in the south where it had been all the winter. Offerings of tobacco were placed on the ground or on water or put into stove to burn, or sacred pipes were smoked by the elders to the thunderbird in the early spring."
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Norval Morrisseau
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>>> BLOG MASTER'S COMMENT:
If you follow links below you are going to see similarities of the other three paintings with one presented in this post or click HERE to view all four paintings side by side. This confirms, more than once in the presentations on this blog, that Norval Morrisseau repeated many times his images.
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>>> Reference posts:
- Beavers of Norval Morrisseau (Part I),
- Norval Morrisseau Authentic Paintings at Auction Houses Across North America (Part IX) & - Norval Morrisseau Mediums VII.
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* The painting in this post: "Secred Thunderbird", 39"x28", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/; Source of text: "Legends of My People The Great Ojibway" - Illustrated and told by Norval Morriseau, Edited by Selwyn Dewdney /© The Ryerson Press, 1965; ISBN: 0-7700-0110-6/