the Tla'nuwa (Myth 65)

Role: mother bird · First appears: Myth 65 · The Hunter and the Tla'nuwa

Life events

The Tla'nuwa carried the hunter away to her nest in the cliff.(Myth 65 · The Hunter and the Tla'nuwa)
- With: the hunter (Myth 65)
- “A hunter out in the woods one day saw a Tla'nuwa overhead and tried to hide from it, but the great bird had already seen him, and sweeping down struck its claws into his hunting pack and carried him far up into the air.”
The Tla'nuwa told the hunter to stay and guard her young ones until they could leave the nest.(Myth 65 · The Hunter and the Tla'nuwa)
- With: the hunter (Myth 65)
- “As it flew, the Tla'nuwa, which was a mother bird, spoke and told the hunter that he need not be afraid, as she would not hurt him, but only wanted him to stay for a while with her young ones to guard them until they were old enough to leave the nest.”

recipient: the hunter (Myth 65) “The old Tla'nuwa set the hunter down and then flew away, returning soon with a fresh-killed deer, which it tore in pieces, giving the first piece to the hunter and then feeding the two young hawks.”
child: one of the young birds (Myth 65) “the great bird had already seen him, and sweeping down struck its claws into his hunting pack and carried him far up into the air. As it flew, the Tla'nuwa, which was a mother bird, spoke and told the hunter that he need not be afraid, as she would not hurt him, but only wanted him to stay for a while with her young ones to guard them until they were old enough to leave the nest.”

Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.