the two strange females (Jeebi legend)

Also known as: the two Jeebi-ug · Role: ghosts · First appears: The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts

One winter evening in The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts, the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend) welcomed the two strange females into the lodge. They revealed that the Great Spirit had sent them from the land of the dead to test the living, saying, “We come from the land of the dead to test mankind, and to try the sincerity of the living.” They had been allotted three moons for the trial.

The females talked with the hunter (Jeebi legend) and his wife, gave them instructions about a future life, and blessed them. When the wife’s anger showed that their presence had become irksome, they announced their departure; the couple heard the door open and shut, but never saw the two Jeebi-ug again.

Relationship record

Life events

• The hunter's wife welcomed the two strange females into the lodge.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend)
  • “She bade them enter, and invited them to remain.”
• The females revealed that the Master of Life sent them from the land of the dead to test the living.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the hunter (Jeebi legend) the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend) the Great Spirit
  • “We come from the land of the dead to test mankind, and to try the sincerity of the living.”
• The females gave the couple instructions about a future life and blessed them.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the hunter (Jeebi legend) the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend)
  • “They continued to talk to the hunter and his wife, gave them instructions as to a future life, and pronounced a blessing upon them.”
• The females announced their departure after the wife's anger revealed the trial had become irksome.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • With: the hunter (Jeebi legend) the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend)
  • “More than half the time had been successfully past, when the angry feelings of your wife indicated the irksomeness you felt at our presence, and has made us resolve on our departure.”
• The two females departed and were never seen again.(The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts · 📍 lodge)
  • “The inmates heard the door open and shut, but they never saw more of the two Jeebi-ug.”

The Jeebi; or, Two Ghosts

• employer: the Great Spirit (The females describe their mission as an assignment from the Master of Life.) “Three moons were allotted us by the Master of Life to make the trial.”
• benefactor: the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend) “She bade them enter, and invited them to remain.”
• recipient: the hunter (Jeebi legend) “They continued to talk to the hunter and his wife, gave them instructions as to a future life, and pronounced a blessing upon them.”
• recipient: the hunter's wife (Jeebi legend) “They continued to talk to the hunter and his wife, gave them instructions as to a future life, and pronounced a blessing upon them.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.