To the Mi'kmaq, storytelling was a means of entertaining people
and sharing information. Their stories were more like story
cycles; a storyteller could take episodes from one and insert
them into another to highlight certain points.  The "Mi'kmaq
Women Who Married Star Husbands" is a good example. This well-
known story was carved into the rocks of Kejimkujik Lake in Nova
Scotia. It tells of two sisters who point out stars they want to
marry. To their surprise, they wake up the next morning with new
husbands and find themselves in the World Above the Sky. Seeing
how upset they are, their husbands let them return to their
world, but give them strict instructions to follow.  The Mi'kmaq
see their world as having many levels of existence. The
"persons" that inhabit it include humans, animals, unusual
rocks, mountains, stars, thunder and wind. Power — how it is
gained, used and lost, and the consequences of having it — is
the central theme of almost every story. It was both respected
and feared by the Mi'kmaq.  Th