But Nanabosho made more wonders. He changed the Chippewa country by damming up rivers for catching beavers and he formed Lake Superior. He threw away dirt which became the Apostle Islands. The mountains are stones which he piled up to mark each day with as he travelled around the world, and the valleys between them are his footprints. All the stones, rocks, islands and all the cataracts and rapids along Lake Superior has some connection to the great Nanabosho and his deeds. Beside it there is a stone where he once rested and smoked his pipe after he had jumped across the lake. When a Chippewa passes this stone, he places a little piece of tobacco there so that Nanabosho can continue to smoke his pipe in the west. And by the Ottawa River there is a round hole with his footprints all around it. This is a kettle which he dropped while following after a stone giant. When an Indian passes this hole, he puts a bit of tobacco in it for Nanabosho and asks for a safe journey.

Nanabosho didn´t stop there, he made even more wonders; he taught the Chippewas their religion and all the mysteries and rites in it. He had received four gifts from the Spirits and these he passed on to the Chippewas: the sacred drum to use when someone was sick, the sacred rattle with which the life of a sick person could be extended, tobacco as a symbol of peace, and a dog to be a companion for himself and for humans. All knowledge which the shamans have and have had, about the religious rites, the rules and the ceremonies, have come from the spirits, who gave it to Nanabosho and who in his turn gave it to the humans. The Spirits directed him to build a lodge, and it is said that as late as 1887, he was present when the Grand Medicine Rite was performed at the Sacred Medicine Lodge.

Some say that Nanabosho lived for a thousand years. Others say that he was killed by the Evil One in a fierce battle, and that he was buried east of Thunder Bay, on the northern shore of Lake Superior. Others again, say that his grave is on Michipicoten Island. Whichever it is, Indians who pass either of these places, always offer some smoke or drop some tobacco in the water for him.

Then again, many believe that he is still alive. When noises are heard from within the mountains the say that Nanabosho is busy creating things. He is also said to live in a northern sea, on a great island of ice which floates and the northern lights guards him. Thos who say this, fear that the white men will find him one day. If this happens, and if Nanabosho choses to walk over the earth again, it will burst into flames and everything and all living beings will be destroyed.

Some of the tales which are related about Nanabosho are the same as some of the adventures of Wisakedjak (a trickster god and a world creator from the Cree myths). They are sometimes said to be cousins. These tales are humorous and in the old, storytelling days they were accompanied by the laughter of the listeners and the chuckle of the narrator.

The myths from the past of Nanabosho, tell of him with a religious significance. But many Chippewa tales recorded during later times portrait him without spiritual meaning and not as a benefactor of mankind. Instead he is identified with the Great Hare and with a trickster. How this change in the myths has come about is hard to explain. Nanabosho as the Great Hare is mischievous and plays tricks on others but he often falls victim of these stupidities. For example, in the myth of the Fire, he, in the shape of the hare, was burned by the fire, and as a consequence of this, all hares and rabbits since have had brown spots on their fur.