the voice (Myth 97)

Family: the Sky People (Hadionyageonoñ) · Role: speaker · First appears: Myth 97 · Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance

Life events

• The voice promised the younger sister that they would find food and return to where they were captured.(Myth 97 · Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance · 📍 the woods)
  • With: the younger sister (Myth 97)
  • “In the night a voice spoke to the younger woman, ‘Is that where you are resting?’ and she answered, ‘Yes.’ The voice said again, ‘Keep on, and you will come out at the spot where you were captured. No harm will come to you. To-morrow you will find food.’”
• The voice told the younger sister they would reach Seneca country and revealed that the Sky People had watched over them.(Myth 97 · Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance)
  • With: the younger sister (Myth 97)
  • “At last one night the voice spoke again to the younger sister and said, ‘You are on the right road, and to-morrow you will be on the border of the Seneca country. You will find food. That is all.’”
• The voice instructed the younger sister to lead a song and ceremony upon reaching home.(Myth 97 · Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance · 📍 the long house)
  • With: the younger sister (Myth 97)
  • “Then at night the voice came again to the younger woman, saying: ‘At noon tomorrow you will reach your home, and the first person you will meet will be your uncle. When you get to the town, you must call the people together and tell them all that has happened. You must go to the long house and take off your skirt and carry it on your shoulder. Then you must go inside and go around once, singing, 'We have come home; we are here.' This is the Yontoñwisas song, and it shall be for women only. Know now that we are the Hadionyageonoñ, the Sky People, who have watched over you all this time.’”

Myth 97 · Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance

• recipient: the younger sister (Myth 97) “Know now that we are the Hadionyageonoñ, the Sky People, who have watched over you all this time.”
• recipient: the older sister (Myth 97) “Know now that we are the Hadionyageonoñ, the Sky People, who have watched over you all this time.”

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