the buzzard (Myth 48)
Role: buzzard · First appears: Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard
Life events
- The buzzard proposed exchanging forms, and the hunter agreed.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
- With: the hunter (Myth 48)
- “and proposed that they exchange forms for a while, when the buzzard would go home to the hunter's wife while the hunter would go to look for deer. The hunter agreed”
- The buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, while the hunter became a buzzard.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
- With: the hunter (Myth 48) the hunter's wife (Myth 48)
- “the buzzard became a man and went home to the hunter's wife, who received him as her husband, while the hunter became a buzzard”
- The buzzard stayed with the hunter's wife, who believed he was her real husband.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
- With: the hunter's wife (Myth 48)
- “After staying some time with the woman, who thought always it was her real husband”
- The buzzard restored the hunter to human shape and became a buzzard again.(Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard)
- With: the hunter (Myth 48)
- “Then the buzzard restored the hunter to human shape, and became himself a buzzard again”
Myth 48 · The Hunter and the Buzzard
- enemies with the hunter's wife (Myth 48) (The buzzard impersonated her husband, deceiving her.) “After staying some time with the woman, who thought always it was her real husband, the buzzard excused himself, saying he must go again to look for game or they would have nothing to eat.”
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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.