the mother of Manabozho

Role: daughter · First appears: Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 1

Schoolcraft reports in Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 1 that the grandmother of Manabozho had a daughter from her lunar marriage and carefully warned her from infancy to beware of the west wind. Schoolcraft’s introduction says that “In some unguarded moment this precaution was neglected,” and the west wind took her.

In Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2, the grandmother of Manabozho tells Manabozho that his mother died giving birth to him because of his father’s ill treatment, and that the West had taken her without her parents’ consent. She says her daughter was her only child and Manabozho her only hope.

Relationship record

Life events

• Schoolcraft reports that Manabozho's grandmother had a daughter, the fruit of her lunar marriage.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 1)
  • With: the grandmother of Manabozho
  • “Having a daughter, the fruit of her lunar marriage, she was very careful in instructing her, from early infancy, to beware of the west wind, and never, in stooping, to expose herself to its influence.”
• Schoolcraft's introduction tells that the west wind accomplished its Tarquinic purpose upon the daughter of Manabozho's grandmother.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 1)
  • “In some unguarded moment this precaution was neglected. In an instant, the gale accomplished its Tarquinic purpose.”
• Manabozho’s grandmother says his mother died giving birth to him after his father mistreated her.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2)
  • With: the grandmother of Manabozho
  • “I have nourished you from your infancy, for your mother died in giving you birth, owing to the ill treatment of your father.”
• The West took Manabozho’s mother without her parents’ consent.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2)
  • With: Mudjekewis
  • “She was taken without the consent of her parents by your father the West.”
• Manabozho’s grandmother says his mother was her only child.(Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2)
  • With: the grandmother of Manabozho
  • “Your mother was my only child, and you are my only hope.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 1

• parent: the grandmother of Manabozho “Having a daughter, the fruit of her lunar marriage, she was very careful in instructing her, from early infancy, to beware of the west wind, and never, in stooping, to expose herself to its influence.”

Hiawatha; or, Manabozho · Part 2

• child: Manabozho “Your mother is dead. She was taken without the consent of her parents by your father the West.”
• parent: the grandmother of Manabozho “Your mother was my only child, and you are my only hope.”

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