Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend)

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Moshup is a powerful giant and culture hero in Wampanoag legend, associated with shaping the landscape of Martha’s Vineyard and the surrounding region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf culture hero ⓘ
giant ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn Algonquian coastal legends ⓘ
Wampanoag oral tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Aquinnah ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Elizabeth Islands ⓘ
Gay Head cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Aquinnah Cliffs

Martha’s Vineyard ⓘ
linked to: Martha's Vineyard

Nantucket ⓘ
Vineyard Sound ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
clay cliffs ⓘ
stones ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
whales ⓘ
category Native American legendary figure ⓘ
culture Algonquian peoples ⓘ
Wampanoag ⓘ
linked to: Wampanoag people
family Squant ⓘ
functionInMyth explains origin of local landforms ⓘ
explains relationship between Wampanoag and the sea ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAbility control over sea creatures ⓘ
landscape creation ⓘ
superhuman strength ⓘ
knownFor coloring the cliffs with pipe ashes or blood of whales ⓘ
creating islands by dropping earth or stones ⓘ
killing whales for food ⓘ
leaving giant footprints in the landscape ⓘ
smoking a giant pipe ⓘ
teaching people how to live from the sea ⓘ
throwing rocks at whales ⓘ
mythology Wampanoag mythology ⓘ
narrativeType etiological myth ⓘ
otherName Maushop ⓘ
Maushope ⓘ
linked to: Maushop
region Cape Cod and Islands ⓘ
southern New England coast ⓘ
residence Aquinnah cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Aquinnah Cliffs

Martha’s Vineyard region ⓘ
linked to: Martha's Vineyard
role culture hero ⓘ
landscape shaper ⓘ
shaped Gay Head cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Aquinnah Cliffs

coastline of Martha’s Vineyard ⓘ
nearby islands and shoals ⓘ
spouse Squant ⓘ
veneratedBy Wampanoag communities ⓘ
linked to: Wampanoag people

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moshup Beach → namedAfter → Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend) ⓘ
Cliffs of Aquinnah → associatedWith → Moshup (Wampanoag legend) ⓘ
subject linked to: cliffs of Aquinnah
linked to: Moshup (figure in Wampanoag legend)