Gagiid—One Carried Away, is a Human Being whose spirit is too strong to die. After his canoe capsizes in tempestuous winter seas, he narrowly escapes drowning. Swimming ashore in a hypothermic state his skin takes on a deathly pallor while his body strengthens by transmogrifying his human form with Otter. In this state, Gagiid is Wild Man, a powerful Supernatural Being, who is equally at home in water and on land.

Dangerous and with a predilection for terrifying vulnerable souls, children are taught to be wary of him and not be tricked by his great powers of illusion and camouflage. Since contact with the Yaatz xaa.adee—The Iron People to the present, Gagiid continues to weave his way from shadow to light, exemplifying the Haidas’ intrinsic link to the natural world—the nucleus of their cultural past.

He lurks under the moss on the ledge of a rock corridor on SGang Gwaay, Gwaii Haanas, ready to demonstrate, through frightening us, our profound connection to the land and sea and be watchful to preserve the precarious balance in which we live.

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