Male Thunderbird (Tale 21)

Role: mate of Mother Thunderbird · First appears: Tale 21 · The Boy Who Befriended the Thunderbirds, and the Serpent · Part 1

In Tale 21, Male Thunderbird and Mother Thunderbird (Tale 21) carried Antelope-Carrier to their mountain nest, where he agreed to help protect their young from the serpent. Male Thunderbird welcomed him, saying, “We are all glad to have you here,” and explained that the serpent came when the young began to turn black, to kill and eat them.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Thunderbirds carried Antelope-Carrier to their mountain nest, where he agreed to help protect their young from the serpent.(Tale 21 · The Boy Who Befriended the Thunderbirds, and the Serpent · Part 1)
  • With: Antelope-Carrier Mother Thunderbird (Tale 21) the four young Thunderbirds (Tale 21)
  • “The boy wiped away his tears and said: ‘I will die with my brothers. I will stay here and help you.’”

Tale 21 · The Boy Who Befriended the Thunderbirds, and the Serpent · Part 1

• child: the four young Thunderbirds (Tale 21) “The male bird spoke to the boy, and said: “We are all glad to have you here. Our young are very young, but as soon as they begin to turn black then it is time for the serpent to come out from the lake and climb this hill, to kill and eat my birds.”
• friends with Antelope-Carrier “The male bird spoke to the boy, and said: “We are all glad to have you here.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.