the hunter (Myth 72)

Role: hunter · First appears: Myth 72 · The Hunter and Selu

Life events

Selu instructed the hunter to take her roots home and follow a ritual to become successful in hunting.(Myth 72 · The Hunter and Selu · 📍 the woods)
- With: Selu
- “The plant spoke to him, and told him to cut off some of its roots and take them to his home in the settlement, and the next morning to chew them and ‘go to water’ before anyone else was awake, and then to go out again into the woods, and he would kill many deer and from that time on would always be successful in the hunt.”
Selu took the form of a woman, rose into the air, and disappeared.(Myth 72 · The Hunter and Selu · 📍 the woods)
- With: Selu
- “The corn plant continued to talk, teaching him hunting secrets and telling him always to be generous with the game he took, until it was noon and the sun was high, when it suddenly took the form of a woman and rose gracefully into the air and was gone from sight, leaving the hunter alone in the woods.”
The people recognized the being the hunter had seen as Selu, Kana'ti's wife.(Myth 72 · The Hunter and Selu · 📍 the settlement)
- With: Selu Kana'ti
- “He returned home and told his story, and all the people knew that he had seen Selu, the wife of Kana'ti.”
The hunter followed Selu's directions and became known as the settlement's most successful hunter.(Myth 72 · The Hunter and Selu · 📍 the settlement)
- “He did as the spirit had directed, and from that time was noted as the most successful of all the hunters in the settlement.”

mentor: Selu “The corn plant continued to talk, teaching him hunting secrets and telling him always to be generous with the game he took, until it was noon and the sun was high, when it suddenly took the form of a woman and rose gracefully into the air and was gone from sight, leaving the hunter alone in the woods.”

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