Myths of the Cherokee

the hunter (Myth 48)

Role: hunter · First appears: Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard

Life events

  • The buzzard proposed exchanging forms, and the hunter agreed.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
    • With: the buzzard (Myth 48)
    • “and proposed that they exchange forms for a while, when the buzzard would go home to the hunter's wife while the hunter would go to look for deer. The hunter agreed”
  • The buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, while the hunter became a buzzard.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
  • The buzzard restored the hunter to human shape and became a buzzard again.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
    • With: the buzzard (Myth 48)
    • “Then the buzzard restored the hunter to human shape, and became himself a buzzard again”
  • The hunter killed several deer.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
    • “The hunter went where he had seen the deer and killed several”

Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard

  • married with the hunter's wife (Myth 48) “The hunter agreed, and the buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, who received him as her husband, while the hunter became a buzzard and flew off over the mountain to locate the deer.”

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