Opeechee

Role: only son · First appears: Opeechee; or, the Origin of the Robin

On the ninth day of his fast, Opeechee’s father refused his request to break it early, telling him to wait patiently. The next morning, Opeechee's guardian spirit changed him into a robin redbreast; Opeechee sang and flew away from the father of Opeechee into a neighboring grove.

Relationship record

Life events

• Opeechee's father refuses his request to break the fast early.(Opeechee; or, the Origin of the Robin)
  • With: the father of Opeechee
  • “The father answered-- “My son, you know not what you ask. If you get up now, all your glory will depart. Wait patiently a little longer.”
• Opeechee's guardian spirit changes him into a robin redbreast.(Opeechee; or, the Origin of the Robin)
  • With: Opeechee's guardian spirit
  • “But the young man, with the quickness of a bird, had flown to the top of the lodge, and perched himself on the highest pole, having been changed into a beautiful robin redbreast.”
• Opeechee flies away from his father as a robin.(Opeechee; or, the Origin of the Robin · 📍 a neighboring grove)
  • With: the father of Opeechee
  • “Then stretching himself on his toes, as if delighted with the gift of wings, he carolled one of his sweetest songs, and flew away into a neighboring grove.”

Opeechee; or, the Origin of the Robin

• parent: the father of Opeechee “An old man had an only son named Opeechee”
• benefactor: Opeechee's guardian spirit “he has given me another shape”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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