Iëna's wife

Role: bear in disguise who helps Iëna · First appears: Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 1

In Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle, Part 1, the young woman, who was a bear in disguise, broke the dam and nearly killed the beaveress. She offered Iëna fresh raspberries and invited him to follow her; despite his sisters-in-law’s attempts to divert him, he sat beside his protectress in her parents’ lodge.

By the time described in Part 2, she and Iëna had two children, one resembling each parent. Soon afterward, when the hunter discovered her retreat, she gave herself up, and he killed her.

Relationship record

Life events

• The young woman broke the beaveress's dam and nearly killed her.(Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 1)
  • With: the beaveress, Iëna's first wife
  • “The young woman, who was all the time a bear in disguise, hearing herself thus reproached, broke down the dam of the beaver, let the water run out, and nearly killed the beaver herself.”
• The young woman offered Iëna food and invited him to follow her.(Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 1)
  • With: Iëna
  • “Eat this,” reaching him a little mokuk containing fresh raspberries which she had just gathered.”
• Iëna entered the lodge and sat beside the young woman despite the sisters' attempts to divert him.(Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 1)
  • With: Iëna the parents of Iëna's wife
  • “The man, however, took his seat by the side of his protectress, and was not farther importuned.”
• Iëna and his wife have two children, one resembling each parent.(Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 2)
  • With: Iëna the child resembling Iëna's wife the son resembling Iëna
  • “By this time the man had two children, one resembling himself and the other his wife.”
• The hunter discovers Iëna's wife's retreat and kills her as she gives herself up.(Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 2)
  • With: Iëna the hunter (Iëna legend)
  • “The hunter fired and killed her.”

Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 1

• enemies with the beaveress, Iëna's first wife “The young woman, who was all the time a bear in disguise, hearing herself thus reproached, broke down the dam of the beaver, let the water run out, and nearly killed the beaver herself.”
• recipient: Iëna “Eat this,” reaching him a little mokuk containing fresh raspberries which she had just gathered.”
• parent: the parents of Iëna's wife “The old people also addressed him as he entered, and said, ‘Oh, make room for our son-in-law.’”

Iëna, the Wanderer; or, Magic Bundle · Part 2

• married with Iëna “She exulted to think that her husband had conquered them.”
• parent: the father of Iëna's wife “As they departed, the old man said to his daughter, “Tell Ogidahkumigo to go to the place where your sisters have gone and let him select one of them”
• child: the son resembling Iëna “By this time the man had two children, one resembling himself and the other his wife.”
• child: the child resembling Iëna's wife “By this time the man had two children, one resembling himself and the other his wife.”
• enemies with the hunter (Iëna legend) “The hunter fired and killed her.”

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